People purchasing COVID-19 self-testing kits will have to provide their Aadhaar card details to chemists so that they can maintain a record, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said on Saturday.

Addressing reporters, Pednekar said that if anyone tests positive for COVID-19, the information must be conveyed to the authorities and also updated online. “We have decided that everyone purchasing self-test kits will have to provide their Aadhaar card details to the chemists to maintain a record. If anyone tests positive they must inform the authorities and update this online,” said Peednekar.