Radiological centres across Dhanbad have been warned of strict action against illegal Covid-19 tests by the district administration on Friday.

The administration has instructed the centres to share data of every individual visiting the centre, including their diagnostic reports, with the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) cell of the district on a daily basis before 5 pm.

The instructions were given by Deputy Commissioner, Uma Shankar Singh during a meeting held at the district collectorate on Friday with all radiological centre operators.

Singh has directed the operators to carry out thorough santisation of the place immediately after the detection of a case and test all their employees.

“All centre operators should take their responsibility seriously of preventing Covid infection and such a practice of illegal covid detection and allowing the affected persons to remain untreated may lead to spread of infection,” said Singh.

The Deputy Commissioner will be reviewing the situation every 15 days and will take immediate action against anyone not adhering to the measures.

Singh inspected the sensitisation camp developed at Jharkhand Armed Police camp in Govindpur and took stock of facilities at the centre. He interacted with the Covid rule violators brought to the camp.

The sensitisation camp was started earlier this week, to catch Covid rule violators and inform them about the importance of maintaining norms. The violators are made to spend a day at the camp and can leave only after they take a test and sign a bond.