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Is it a crime to do asymptomatic testing? Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw expresses anguish

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Biotechnology industry veteran Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Friday criticised the Indian Council of Medical Research for “not permitting” asymptomatic testing in large numbers, asserting that individuals have a right to know whether they are positive or negative for COVID-19.

The Executive Chairperson of Bengaluru-headquartered biotech major, Biocon Ltd, said given the size of the country, the rising number of cases is expected when the economy is opened up after COVID-19-induced lockdown.

Her concern is ICMR is not permitting asymptomatic testing in large numbers, she said. Businesses have now opened up their offices and plants and want to make sure that employees returning to their campuses are negative for the novel coronavirus, according to her. …some of them might be positive, some of them might be carriers, some of them might be supercarriers. How do I know? Why are they (ICMR) preventing us from testing? I dont understand. Everywhere in the world, they are allowing testing, Mazumdar-Shaw told PTI.

Governments are acting as if its a crime to test. They are almost making it like that. Is it crime to test? its not because, as an individual, I would like to know whether I am positive or negative even if I am asymptomatic.” On the one hand, the government did not mind allowing people who fly to be tested, but was not permitting people coming to work to undergo the examination, she said.

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