The Thane Municipal Corporation on
Friday stopped a private laboratory chain from conducting novel coronavirus tests.
An official release from TMC said civic chief Vijay Singhal has banned labs operated by the Thyrocare chain to conduct coronavirus tests as "erroneous" reports were given in six cases.
Thyrocare is on the Indian Council of Medical Research's list of laboratories that can carry out such testing amid the outbreak.
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