In a strange development, the data of the people visiting the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad for the coronavirus testing has disappeared from the institute’s data record, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

Consequently, people keep visiting the NIH again and again and have to stand in lines for hours to receive their tests’ reports, but return empty handed.

The situation has now forced them to visit private laboratories for the testing of their samples.

The institute’s staffers, on the other hand, have said that the reports are ready but only because there is a problem with data entry that they cannot hand over their reports to them.

Reporter: Saba Bjair