Reports of fake Covid certificate crop up
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 21 2021:
Amid the raising concern over Covid-19 pandemic following the recent report regarding detection of Delta variant in the state, incidents of people using fake Covid negative report to get past the authorities have cropped up.
On a Facebook post in their page, Babina Diagnostics informed that some people were found using fake Covid-19 negative RT-PCR reports on Babina Diagnostics' letterhead for travel to other states.
Using fake negative report has been reported only at Imphal Airport so far.
But there are possibilities of people using fake negative certificates for other purposes like admission in hospitals, hotels, hostels or educational institutions, it cautioned.
"We wish to inform the general public that all diagnostic test reports issued by Babina Diagnostics, including COVID-19 test, carry a unique QR code that matches with the original report in our database.
Any mismatch between the report that gets downloaded after scanning the QR code and the report shown should immediately be alerted to the authorities concerned and BABINA Diagnostics," the Facebook post read.
It further informed all to contact 6909365328 and 8415903436 through WhatsApp between 6 am and 7 pm for any information related to COVID-19 testing.
Mention may be made that Covid-19 negative reports are becoming mandatory for availing various services like flight, admission in hospital, hostels of educational as well as hotels.