CPCB Guidelines for COVID-19 waste disposal in place: Delhi Govt to HC
The ''Guidelines for Handling, Treatment, and Disposal of Waste Generated during Treatment/Diagnosis/Quarantine of COVID19 Patients'' issued by the CPCB in July has been filed by the Delhi government in response to the court's query regarding any protocol being in place for disposal of test kits and swabs.;
New Delhi: The AAP government has told the Delhi High Court that guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) are in place for handling and disposal of waste generated during treatment, diagnosis, and quarantine of COVID-19 patients.
The ''Guidelines for Handling, Treatment, and Disposal of Waste Generated during Treatment/Diagnosis/Quarantine of COVID-19 Patients'' issued by the CPCB in July has been filed by the Delhi government in response to the court's query regarding any protocol being in place for disposal of test kits and swabs.
The query by the court came on public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a lawyer alleging improper disposal of used swabs from rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 at the office of the southeast Delhi district magistrate at Lajpat Nagar.
The petitioner, Pankaj Mehta, has alleged that used swabs were being "thrown out in public" and "tests were being carried out over a pile of used swabs for COVID-19" at the district magistrate''s office.
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