The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre, the Aam Aadmi Party government and the Indian Council of Medical Research to respond to a petition challenging a clause in the top medical body’s advisory that says an RT-PCR test must not be repeated on anyone who has tested positive for Covid-19, PTI reported.
On May 4, ICMR had issued an advisory for testing during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India. “At present, the laboratories are facing challenges to meet the expected testing target due to extraordinary case load and staff getting infected with COVID-19,” it had said. “In view of this situation, it is imperative to optimize the RT-PCR testing and simultaneously increase the access and availability of testing to all citizens of the country.”
The petitioner, advocate Karan Ahuja, told the bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh that he and his family tested positive for the coronavirus disease on April 28 and completed…