Woman gets +ve report without testing

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Kozhikode:31.07.2021  

A woman in Chelembra panchayat in Malappuram, who hadn’t undergone a Covid-19 test, was surprised after she received a positive RTPCR test report issued in her name by health authorities. When she approached health authorities saying that she had not attended the testing camp in the area, she was asked her to undergo an antigen test in which she tested negative.

The mix up took place at the mass Covid testing camp organized near Malaparamba SC colony at Chelembra on July 25 after 18 Covid cases were reported in the colony within one week.

Her husband and two other relatives had undergone Covid testing at the camp held in the locality and according to health department authorities the error took place due to confusion in the token issued to family members of the woman prior to testing.

While the woman received a Covid positive test report, the husband along with two other relatives tested negative. Volunteers who had worked to organize the testing camp said the serious lapse happened due to flouting of testing protocols by the staff who conducted the camp by taking samples from persons just by checking the tokens issued to them.

The mix up took place at the mass Covid testing camp organized near Malaparamba SC colony at Chelembra on July 25 after 18 Covid cases were reported in the colony within one week