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Sethunath,Trivandrum
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday described the COVID-19 pandemic as a “huge challenge” as well as an “opportunity”,saying there is a need to mobilise the country’s scientists, engineers and data experts to work on innovative solutions to the crisis..”The Covid19 pandemic is a huge challenge but it is also an opportunity,” he said in a tweet.
On Thursday, Gandhi had called for a united fight against the pandemic and said a lockdown is not the solution to defeat coronavirus. . He had asserted that aggressive testing is the “biggest weapon” to fight the virus.