At a shocking incident that has taken place in Amaravati, Maharashtra where a coronavirus cases are seeing a surge with each passing day, a lab technician took vaginal swabs to conduct coronavirus tests on a patient after convincing her that it was important to take samples from her vagina for the test.

A 24 year old woman went to take test at the lab after her colleague at a local mall was tested positive for the disease. The technician has been booked under rape charges following a complaint. The incident took place at the Covid Trauma Centre lab in Amravati.

Maharashtra Women and child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur has taken serious note of the incident and has assured strictest action against the culprit.

After the test, the woman discussed the incident with her brother, who inquired with doctors and came to know that there is no such test for coronavirus.