In a major operation, police conducted raids in the town on Monday, and seized huge quantity of Rapid Antigen Test Kits for COVID-19, reportedly brought from the neighbouring Telangana State. Police arrested three persons - a private medical distributor, a lab technician and a fancy shop owner. They seized 954 test kits from them. Ramana raided Venkata Sai Durga fancy store, located near Tiruvuru bus stop, and seized the rapid antigen test kits, said Superintendent of Police (SP) M. Ravindranath Babu. They were conducting the tests illegally without wearing PPE kits and were uploading details of the patients,” Mr. Ravindranath Babu said.

Source: The Hindu October 19, 2020 12:00 UTC