New Delhi: The Delhi Government on Thursday cuts the maximum price of RT-PCR tests in private laboratories from Rs 500 to RS 300 and reduces the RS 700 limit for a collection of houses and tests to the RS 500.
The maximum level for fast antigen tests (rats) in private laboratories It has been set at RS 100 instead of Rs 300.
The test carried out in government companies remains free.
Government sources said the decision was taken to help Delhies and also increased the number of tests.
Further reduction is possible, the source is added.
The sequence begins to apply immediately and all costs include all taxes.
Private laboratories will also collect samples from testing sites requested by the Chief District Medical Officer or Government Hospital, stating orders issued by the Ministry of Health.
In terms of RT-PCR samples were collected by the government team and picked up from the location of the collection by private laboratories as made possible by the district authorities, the accusation of Rs 200, and if the sample was collected by a private laboratory team for the government and processed in their laboratory, the maximum cost will be a hospital 300.
RT-PCR test on the diagnostic genestrings, which operates a covid testing lab at Delhi airport, will also cost Rs 300 after order.
“(There) None (Further) Changes in RT-PCR test prices that have been rapid since the recent reduction from Rs 3,500 to Rs 2,900,” said Genestrings Diagnostics Coo Chetan Kohli.
The government’s order also stated that all laboratories would process samples within 12 hours, with all positive results updated on the Portal of the Indian Medical Research Council within 30 minutes the sample was processed, followed by all negative results within 24 hours after receiving the sample.
Orders also direct all laboratories and hospitals to display revised rates in a prominent place within 24 hours.
The government has limited the maximum price of RT-PCR at the RS 2,400 in June 2020, then cut it into RS 800 in November 2020 and further to the RS 500 last August.