4 BIHAR OFFICIALS SACKED OVER GAPS IN COVID TESTING

JAMMU & KASHMIR

17,900

PUNJAB

HARYANA

GUJARAT

18,070

3,403

2,734

4,129

DAMAN & DIU, DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI

257

GOA

KARNATAKA

KERALA

823

LAKSHADWEEP

0 TAMIL NADU

15,578

14,469

1,858

RAJASTHAN

22,695

93 HIMACHAL PRADESH

7,947 CHANDIGARH

643 UTTARAKHAND

6,434SIKKIM

UTTAR PRADESH

MADHYA PRADESH

MAHARASHTRA

40,003

PUDUCHERRY

734

23,575

LADAKH

79,055

3

7,060 ARUNACHAL PRADESH

707 NAGALAND

BIHAR

WEST BENGAL

JHARKHAND

ODISHA

CHHATTISGARH

TELANGANA

ASSAM

1,520

ANDHRA PRADESH

5,150

15,072

12,191

1,145

MIZORAM

TRIPURA

9,260

27,361

20,756

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR

0 745

MANIPUR

1,691

0

3,743

Ruchir Kumar and PTI

The Bihar government on Friday suspended four health officials of Jamui district over alleged irregularities in coronavirus testing with chief minister Nitish Kumar assuring stern action against the guilty.

The irregularities, which came to light in the wake of a news report, also echoed in the Rajya Sabha when the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) demanded a high-level inquiry.

The suspension orders said that a separate notification, initiating departmental proceedings against the four officers, would be issued later. “I enquired about the issue from the principal secretary, health, who told me that barring a few districts, no anomalies were detected in areas where investigations have been completed so far. The matter is being investigated seriously and there is no question of sparing the guilty,” Kumar said.

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