Priyanka Hails Man Who Covered 1,500 km to Help in COVID Testing
Microbiologist Ramakrishna from Telangana reached Lucknow after covering a distance of 1,500 km.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday, 9 April, hailed a microbiologist who travelled 1,500 km from Hyderabad to Lucknow to help out in sample testing amid COVID-19 outbreak, saying there are lakhs of such "soldiers" in India who should be honoured and encouraged.
Ramakrishna of Telangana reached Lucknow after covering a distance of 1,500 km and started serving in the fight against coronavirus, Priyanka Gandhi tweeted.
He is a research student and is currently assisting in taking test samples at King George's Medical University, she said.
Her tweet came over media reports which said that Ramakrishna reached Hyderabad from a village in Telangana and from there caught a flight to Lucknow before the lockdown.
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