{"id":12878,"date":"2020-08-07T12:24:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T12:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=12878"},"modified":"2020-08-07T12:24:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T12:24:19","slug":"west-bengal-cm-warns-against-fake-covid-tests-kolkata-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=12878","title":{"rendered":"West Bengal CM warns against fake Covid tests | Kolkata News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>KOLKATA: Chief minister <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Mamata-Banerjee\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Mamata-Banerjee\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mamata Banerjee<\/a> on Thursday cautioned against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/fake\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_fake\" frmappuse=\"1\">fake<\/a> Covid-19 tests and hinted at stern action against any organization carrying out such a procedure without <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/authorization\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_authorization\" frmappuse=\"1\">authorization<\/a>. <br \/>\u201cThere are three or four organizations against whom we have received complaints. They are collecting swab samples without any authorization. Don\u2019t entertain them. Please check government authorization on their papers and make sure the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/stamp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_stamp\" frmappuse=\"1\">stamp<\/a> is not fake,\u201d Banerjee said. <br \/>The death of a 55-year-old bank employee from Naktala last week had blown the lid on a racket involving two contractual laboratory assistants at two big government hospitals in Kolkata and some youths, who posed as sample collection agents, duping suspected Covid patients with fake reports. Three persons were arrested. <br \/>Chief secretary Rajiva Sinha said, \u201cWe had two or three cases and they were identified and proper actions were taken against them.\u201d Government sources said a multi-agency investigation was being carried out to nab the culprits. Some unaffiliated labs are carrying out tests without any authorization and similar cases were reported in Delhi. It should not happen here, said Sinha. \u201cThey are posing as pathologists, claiming to be agents of a particular lab. We are on a strict vigil,\u201d he added. <\/div>\n<p><a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolkata\/cm-warns-against-fake-covid-tests\/articleshow\/77402069.cms\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday cautioned against fake Covid-19 tests and hinted at stern action against any organization carrying out such a procedure without authorization. \u201cThere are three or four organizations against whom we have received complaints. They are collecting swab samples without any authorization. Don\u2019t entertain them. 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