Jharkhand: Steel City lab sealed for illegal Covid test

JAMSHEDPUR: The East Singhbhum district administration on Monday sealed a private diagnostic lab for conducting Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) illegally.
The lab, Ankur Diagnostic and Research Centre, also known as Ankur Pathology, located in KL Tower of Kadma market on the Kadma Uliyan main road has been charged with conducting RAT since September 2020 without approval from the health department of the district administration and charged Rs 1,100 per test.
District administration officials said RAT kits were seized from the lab during a raid, following which the proprietor and technicians of the centre were questioned.
Later, Dhalbhum SDO Nitish Kumar told reporters that no private lab can conduct Covid test without permission. Kadma police station officer-in-charge Manoj Thakur said a case has been lodged against the lab and further investigation is on.