AHMEDABAD : The Gujarat government on Wednesday said strict action will be taken against private laboratories engaged in COVID-19 testing if they are found violating the standard operating procedure.Chief Minister Vijay Rupani directed the state health department to conduct a state-wide investigation on private laboratories, after a report in a Gujarati daily stated that several of them were offering "bogus negative certificates" without collecting samples or providing details of tests.As per a government release, the issue was discussed in a State Cabinet meeting chaired by Rupani in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel.The state government has taken a serious note of the reports published in the media and immediate action has.