New Delhi, July 9 -- For its unclear move of whether every pregnant woman who goes to a hospital for delivery or urgent treatment is required to undergo COVID-19 test, symptomatic or not, Delhi government led by the Aam Aadmi Party, on Thursday, July 9, was pulled up by the Delhi High Court, with the latter saying that "a genuine problem has been turned into a "bureaucratic nightmare".

If the test is required, a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said, sample collection and declaration of results should be done in a minimum period of time. "A genuine human problem has been made into a bureaucratic nightmare. It is totally inexplicable. How long do we wait (for clarification)? Four to five opportunities have been gi...