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False-positive COVID-19 tests were reported by a lab operated by Thyrocare in Thane.

Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has issued a notice to the Thyrocaren lab to stop the Covid-19 tests due to the false results.

Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has issued a notice to the Thyrocaren lab to stop the Covid-19 tests due to the false results.TMC has barred the Thyrocare lab from conducting the coronavirus tests, it was one of the laboratories which were listed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct the COVID-19 tests. The notice was issued by the municipal commissioner Vijay Singhal on 22 May 2020 because of six false coronavirus tests conducted in the lab. The six tests which were found positive in the private lab turned to be negative in the civic lab. The commissioner mentioned that the fake positive results created a lot of mental and physical strain among the people.

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