BHUBANESWAR: Citizens after undergoing Covid-19 test don’t have to visit to the laboratories to access the test results as they can now check it onlin.
Inform all labs to give Covid results within 24 hrs: HC tells Karnataka government
The bench said the court has already issued directions to the state to ensure that labs provide citizens with results within 24 hours, but it is not being followed.
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BENGALURU: Expressing concern over the impact of delay in providing Covid test results, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued direction to the State Government to inform all labs to provide the results within 24 hours of the samples being collected for Covid testing, and take action against those facilities that do not adhere to the deadline.
Updated: 10:02 AM CDT Apr 26, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital A woman from Birmingham, Alabama was arrested in the U.S. Virgin Islands last week after she allegedly submitted an altered negative COVID-19 test result the online travel portal. Franketa Taylor, 41, is facing charges of fraudulent claims upon the government, access to a computer for fraudulent purposes, use of false information, and filing or recording forged instruments. According to the Virgin Islands Police Department, Taylor was booked into jail on a $5,500 bond and later turned over to the Bureau of Corrections pending her advice-of-rights hearing.Taylor is the seventh person to be charged with entering an altered or forged COVID-19 test in the travel portal, which is intended to screen incoming travelers for illness to prevent the spread of the virus, according to The Virgin Islands Daily News. Users of the online travel portal must acknowledge a statement that they could face prosecution if they know
Delhi HC Asks AAP Govt To Set Up More COVID-19 Testing Centres
The direction was issued by the court after several lawyers told the bench that they were facing difficulty in getting tested as labs were saying they will carry out sample collection after 2-3 days.
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New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday requested the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to set up more testing centres in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases in the national capital which is recording over 24,000 fresh infections for the last few days.
A bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh also asked the Delhi government to put in place necessary infrastructure to streamline the sample collection process.