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Maharashtra reduces price of Covid-19 test for the fourth time

By, Mumbai
Oct 27, 2020 12:06 AM IST

State health minister Rajesh Tope announced on Monday that the cost of Covid-19 tests at private laboratories would be further reduced. Now, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, which are considered the gold standard for diagnosing Covid-19, will cost between 980 to 1,800. This is the fourth time the state has reduced the rates for Covid tests.

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“As per the new structure, 980 can be charged for the sample provided directly at the laboratory; 1,400 for samples collected at hospitals and Covid Care Centres, while those who want their sample to be collected from home will have to pay 1,800,” Tope said. Private laboratories have been asked to implement the new rates with immediate effect.

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Previously, these three categories of RT-PCR tests cost 1,200, 1,600 and 2,000 respectively.

“To control [the spread of] Covid, the state has always stre-ssed on increasing testing... The situation is under control but to defeat the pandemic, we want to increase testing,” said Tope.

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