Haryana: Pvt lab being probed for discrepancy in COVID-19 test results says it stands by its reports

A private laboratory which has been under the Haryana government's scanner for alleged discrepancies in COVID-19 test results on Saturday asserted that it stands by its findings and is open to getting these samples re-tested at any government lab.

The Haryana government had on Monday ordered a probe after four samples reported positive for coronavirus by SRL Diagnostics tested negative in confirmation tests done at different government labs in the state.

The state government will give no samples for testing to the private lab, pending the outcome of the probe, Health Minister Anil Vij had said.

Gurgaon-based SRL Diagnostics on Saturday said it re-tested the samples, which were first tested on April 18, and the results again came back positive for coronavirus.

It said it conducted a re-test "using the RNA extracts from the same samples which are stored with the lab under the recommended guidelines by ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)."