Samples sent back by Jhansi College to be tested in other labs

TNN | Apr 23, 2020, 04:06 IST

Kanpur: The swab samples of 250 suspected coronavirus cases of Kanpur which were returned by Jhansi Medical College without being tested last Monday, will now now be tested in other labs.
Jhansi Medical College had sent the samples back without testing, stating that medical norms were not complied while sending them. As per rules, the samples must be ice-packed and the cold chain must not be broken, but the samples they had received that the cold chain was not maintained.
Kanpur Nagar CMO Dr Ashok Shukla said, “Each sample has now been ice-packed and kept in a big box, ensuring there is no break in the cold chain. Samples remain intact till five days. Since labs aree overloaded right now, they will be tested as soon as the pressure eases.”
District health authorities had 250 sent samples to Jhansi Medical College on Sunday. The samples collected were of persons who came in contact with corona positive patients. The police had collected the travel history of infected persons and identified as many as 2000 persons who came in contact with the infected ones. Samples sent to Jhansi were of the secondary contacts.