Two Izmir health workers conduct random COVID-19 tests on the street

Two health workers in Izmir conducted COVID-19 tests to citizens on the street in a district they were sent to for work, reportedly without the orders or permission of the Izmir Health Directorate. The two rogue workers tested some 100 people.

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Two health workers who were sent to Izmir’s Karsiyaka district conducted COVID-19 tests to citizens they ran into on the street, without the permission or order of the provincial health directorate, an official statement by the Izmir Health Directorate said April 7.

Footage of the two health workers conducting tests in the ferry port and Osmanbey Park in Karşıyaka quickly spread on social media, attracting even more people to meet the workers on the street.

The health workers are seen swabbing people’s noses and throats in the videos, and telling them they could see their results on the governmental services web portal in two days.

The two workers reportedly tested some 100 people during the day without the consent of the provincial health directorate.

No legal action was taken against the health workers.