AMID the present surge in Covid-19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) last week directed its dispensaries to test symptomatic patients as a precautionary measure. However, when mid-day visited five civic dispensaries across the city, it found that not one of them had kits. Krsnaa Diagnostics, which bagged the tender to provide diagnostic services to civic-run health facilities, is yet to provide Covid-19 kits to dispensaries, and neither the staff nor doctors have a clue when they will arrive.

As per the BMC health officials, the testing will soon begin as the service provider is making all the necessary arrangements. Since mid-February, the city has been witnessing a gradual rise in Covid-19 cases. Because of this surge, the active Covid case count in the city has touched 1,079 while that of the state is 3,532.