The government in the state of Gujara shut down a couple of labs on 1 April, after they found that they were selling fake Covid-19 negative test results.
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Numerous incidents have emerged in India as Indians are forging these documents to dodge quarantine rules or to travel freely.
A fake report from a pathological lab costs about 2,000 rupees.
Indian students are also using the fake reports to avoid taking exams.
A Mumbai couple was also charged in March for forging the documents; they were travelling to Jaipur with their child and all three were infected, but they had forged their documents and were allowed to fly.
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