West Bengal accuses ICMR-NICED of providing defective coronavirus COVID-19 test kits : At a time when the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading across different parts of West Bengal, the state government on Sunday accused the central lab - ICMR-NICED of providing defective test kits. At a time when the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading across different parts of West Bengal, the state government on Sunday (April 19, 2020) accused the central lab - ICMR-NICED of providing defective test kits. In a series of posts on micro blogging site Twitter, the State Heath and Family Welfare Department accused the ICMR-NICED for the delay in getting COVID-19 test results via the alleged defective kits. “The apparently defective test kits supplied by ICMR-NICED, Kolkata are resulting in a high number of repeat/confirmatory tests and causing delays and other problems at a time when we are battling a pandemic. This is an issue that ICMR ...