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Do corona tests at community centres, Mohalla Clinics: Delhi High Court

The court directions came during a hearing on a Public Interest Litigation filed by advocate Rakesh Malhotra who sought increased COVID-19 testing and speedy results in Delhi

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A health worker peers out of a makeshift drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing booth next to a street in New Delhi. Pic/AFP

A health worker peers out of a makeshift drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing booth next to a street in New Delhi. Pic/AFP

In a bid to ramp up COVID-19 testing in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to convert community halls and Mohalla Clinics into testing facilities.

Noting that the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) is only 60% accurate, a division bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad questioned: "Why are you waiting for the false negative report in RAT to proceed to the next step (RT-PCR)?"

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