A 15-year-old male patient from kisanpur attended OPD on 29/05/2020 during this COVID-19 era with high fever restless cough and chest pain . Based on chest x-ray bilateral pleural effusion was diagnosed and treatment was started with bothering COVID tests. After 13 days repeat x-ray was taken on 12/06/2020. The patient showed a lot of improvement and the chest is clear with effusion.

Compare pics. Does the treatment of such cases during this COVID era require mandatory COVID testing as they were not available in a city like Mathura?