India 's ICMR started testing all people in the hotspot areas for the 2020 coronavirus after April 8 , if they exhibited symptoms for more than 6 days , without exception .
On 9 April , ICMR furthur revised the testing strategy and allowed testing of the people showing symptoms for a week in the hotspot areas of the country , regardless of travel history or local contact to a patient .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in India