A probe launched into private labs carrying out fake Covid-19 tests to meet targets during the Mahakumbh in Haridwar will also look into apparent data inconsistencies – the 10-week average test positivity rate beginning April in Haridwar was 4%, while the figure for the rest of Uttarakhand was 13.7% – with officials saying on Sunday that “a comprehensive investigation has …
The Uttarakhand government on Thursday ordered a probe into the operations of the nine private Covid-19 testing laboratories that conducted tests of the visitors during the Haridwar Mahakumbh, after one of them was found to have allegedly issued fake test reports for least 50,000 samples, said a state minister. The official said the CCO said a private laboratory informed the …
