Doctor's prescription not mandatory for Covid testing in Delhi: HC

The Delhi high court on Tuesday ordered that doctor's prescription will not be mandatory from now on for those going voluntarily for RT/PCR test to detect Covid-19 infection in the national capital.

A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad said people need to carry Aadhaar card for Delhi address proof and fill up a form as prescribed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to get tested. So far it was mandatory for a person to have a doctor's prescription or show symptoms to get tested for the virus.

Considering a sharp increase in the number of cases in Delhi, the court asked private laboratories to allow 2,000 Covid-19 tests a day for voluntarily screening. Capacity of around 12,000 tests per day is available with the Delhi government, it noted.