The Kumbh Mela festival, attended by millions of people in Uttarakhand, may have used fake COVID-19 tests, generating more than 100,000 falsified records according to recent allegations. Media reports say fake names, mobile numbers, and addresses were used in more than 100,000 tests during the Kumbh festival in April. Such allegations add fuel to the […]
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Accelerate testing, Centre tells high-burden states
The Government has instructed multiple states to scale up testing for COVID-19. In the Centre’s crosshairs on testing are Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka and Maharashtra. They are among the states most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with a positivity rate in excess of the national average of 8.4 percent. Of the four states, Maharashtra […]