New Delhi:A public suit has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Centre and Delhi government to follow stringent measures for the safe disposal of swabs used for Rapid Antigen Testing of COVID-19.
The public interest litigation, filed by advocate Pankaj Mehta, sought directions to form specific guidelines on the waste disposal in the testing of the novel coronavirus, and to carry out safety audits at COVID-19 testing centers across the national capital.
The matter is set to come up for hearing before a division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan on December 1.
The PIL alleged that the used swabs were being thrown out in public and tests were being carried out over a pile of used swabs for COVID-19 testing at the office of the District Magistrate, South East Delhi in Lajpat Nagar.
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