<p>The Delhi High Court Tuesday ordered that doctor's prescription will not be mandatory from now on for those going voluntarily for RT/PCR test to detect Covid-19 infection in the national capital.</p>.<p>Till now it was mandatory for a person to have a doctor's prescription or symptoms to get tested for the virus.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-coronavirus-vaccine-karnataka-maharashtra-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-gujarat-west-bengal-bangalore-mumbai-new-delhi-chennai-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-876781.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad said people need to carry Aadhaar card for Delhi address proof and fill up a form as prescribed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for Covid-19 testing.</p>.<p>The court noted there was a sharp increase in the number of cases in Delhi and asked private laboratories to allow 2,000 Covid-19 tests a day for those who want to undergo the voluntarily screening.</p>.<p>Capacity of around 12,000 test per day is available with the Delhi government, it noted.</p>
<p>The Delhi High Court Tuesday ordered that doctor's prescription will not be mandatory from now on for those going voluntarily for RT/PCR test to detect Covid-19 infection in the national capital.</p>.<p>Till now it was mandatory for a person to have a doctor's prescription or symptoms to get tested for the virus.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-coronavirus-vaccine-karnataka-maharashtra-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-gujarat-west-bengal-bangalore-mumbai-new-delhi-chennai-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-876781.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad said people need to carry Aadhaar card for Delhi address proof and fill up a form as prescribed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for Covid-19 testing.</p>.<p>The court noted there was a sharp increase in the number of cases in Delhi and asked private laboratories to allow 2,000 Covid-19 tests a day for those who want to undergo the voluntarily screening.</p>.<p>Capacity of around 12,000 test per day is available with the Delhi government, it noted.</p>