Covid-19 goof-up: UP health dept issues test report without taking samples, Ballia CMO orders probe

In a complaint to the administration, a resident of Hapur claimed that his brother’s test report was issued by the health department without even taking his sample.

A probe has been ordered into claims that the administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia issued Covid-19 test reports without taking samples, officials said on Wednesday. In a complaint to the district magistrate and chief medical officer, Raghvendra Kumar Mishra, a resident of Harpur locality claimed that his brother, Brijendra Mishra, was tested for the novel coronavirus infection on April 18 at the district hospital, and the reports confirmed him as Covid-19 positive on April 20. Raghavendra said a team of the health department visited his place and took samples of other family members on April 20.