“Test, test, test” has been the WHO’s mantra to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. A recent epidemiological model developed by a consortium of over 400 Indian scientists also strongly supported this plan, showing that testing and quarantining may actually be more effective than a lockdown for controlling COVID-19. To make the matter even more difficult to manage, studies now indicate that up to 44% of infection transmission can happen in the pre-symptomatic stage. This means that not only do we need to test every symptomatic patient – we also need to test every asymptomatic contact and ideally even undertake random community sampling to get an idea of the extent of disease.