Fake Covid Report

A local court has granted bail to a man accused of using a forged RTPCR test report from a laboratory in Goa to seek exemption from appearing before a magisterial court.

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to file a detailed application on the issue of fake claims and also on limiting the time for filing compensation claims.

Instances of fake COVID-19 vaccination camps and vaccines have come to the central government's notice from Maharashtra, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday.

With reports of counterfeit versions of Covishield vaccines circulating in the international market - a concern flagged by even the World Health Organization, the Centre on Saturday shared a list of parameters to identify the authenticity of the Covi

In fresh trouble for Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government, the BJP has latched on to a video that shows a Trinamool councillor giving a vaccine dose at a camp in Asansol, about 210 km from state capital Kolkata.

A ward boy of a government hospital at Khamgaon in Maharashtra's Buldhana district was arrested for allegedly replacing the swab samples in the lab to facilitate the employees of a private company get positive COVID-19 report for medical leave.

Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty - who four days ago was reportedly tricked into taking a fake Covid vaccine shot in Kolkata by a man masquerading as an IAS officer - fell seriously ill Saturday at her residence, according to news agency PTI.

Around 2,000 people have fallen victim to 'fake Covid vaccination' in camps in Mumbai, where police have filed seven FIRs and arrested 10 people, including a woman who shared the username/password of a CoWIN account to get certificates.

A man who allegedly pretended to be an IAS officer and supervised thousands of vaccinations in Kolkata was arrested on Wednesday after he was exposed reportedly when Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty took a Covid shot at his camp.

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday lodged a case against a company and two private labs for fudging coronavirus test reports during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela in April.

The Uttarakhand government has directed the Haridwar district administration to register a case against private laboratories accused of conducting fake Covid tests during the Kumbh Mela.

The Haridwar district administration has ordered a probe into allegations that fake Covid reports were issued by private laboratories engaged by the Uttarakhand government to conduct tests during the Kumbh Mela.

CoWIN data leak claim that was circulated on social media on Thursday has been denied by the government. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that prima facie, the reports appeared to be fake. A reseller on the dark Web was found to be selling alleged data of 150 million people vaccinated by the COVID-19 vaccines in the country.

A Mumbai-based actress has denied allegations she used fake ID to receive an out-of-turn Covid vaccine shot at a civic health centre in Thane. Officials have ordered an inquiry into the incident.

Twitter on Saturday deleted a number of tweets flagged by the centre as spreading "fake news" about its handling of the Covid pandemic

A local court has granted bail to a man accused of using a forged RTPCR test report from a laboratory in Goa to seek exemption from appearing before a magisterial court.

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to file a detailed application on the issue of fake claims and also on limiting the time for filing compensation claims.

Instances of fake COVID-19 vaccination camps and vaccines have come to the central government's notice from Maharashtra, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday.

With reports of counterfeit versions of Covishield vaccines circulating in the international market - a concern flagged by even the World Health Organization, the Centre on Saturday shared a list of parameters to identify the authenticity of the Covi

In fresh trouble for Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government, the BJP has latched on to a video that shows a Trinamool councillor giving a vaccine dose at a camp in Asansol, about 210 km from state capital Kolkata.

A ward boy of a government hospital at Khamgaon in Maharashtra's Buldhana district was arrested for allegedly replacing the swab samples in the lab to facilitate the employees of a private company get positive COVID-19 report for medical leave.

Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty - who four days ago was reportedly tricked into taking a fake Covid vaccine shot in Kolkata by a man masquerading as an IAS officer - fell seriously ill Saturday at her residence, according to news agency PTI.

Around 2,000 people have fallen victim to 'fake Covid vaccination' in camps in Mumbai, where police have filed seven FIRs and arrested 10 people, including a woman who shared the username/password of a CoWIN account to get certificates.

A man who allegedly pretended to be an IAS officer and supervised thousands of vaccinations in Kolkata was arrested on Wednesday after he was exposed reportedly when Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty took a Covid shot at his camp.

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday lodged a case against a company and two private labs for fudging coronavirus test reports during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela in April.

The Uttarakhand government has directed the Haridwar district administration to register a case against private laboratories accused of conducting fake Covid tests during the Kumbh Mela.

The Haridwar district administration has ordered a probe into allegations that fake Covid reports were issued by private laboratories engaged by the Uttarakhand government to conduct tests during the Kumbh Mela.

CoWIN data leak claim that was circulated on social media on Thursday has been denied by the government. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that prima facie, the reports appeared to be fake. A reseller on the dark Web was found to be selling alleged data of 150 million people vaccinated by the COVID-19 vaccines in the country.

A Mumbai-based actress has denied allegations she used fake ID to receive an out-of-turn Covid vaccine shot at a civic health centre in Thane. Officials have ordered an inquiry into the incident.

Twitter on Saturday deleted a number of tweets flagged by the centre as spreading "fake news" about its handling of the Covid pandemic