(Rishitha Jaladi, Intern Journalist)Uttar Pradesh: With the cost of RTPCR test units and reagents utilized for COVID testing descending, the Uttar Pradesh government has diminished the charge for directing the COVID-19 test to ₹1,600 from ₹2,500 by all labs including those exclusive.
“The costs of RTPCR test units and reagents utilized for COVID tests have descended. Subsequently, the April request on the valuing of the test has been corrected. The most extreme cost of the test will presently be ₹1,600,” said Additional Chief Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad in a request gave on Thursday evening.
The request was actualized with prompt impact, the state’s health officials said.
According to the request, the cost of the COVID-19 corroborative test through TrueNat was additionally fixed at ₹1,600. The move will be made against those disregarding the request by charging more than the recommended expense under the Epidemic Act, it said.
This is the second time that the cost of the COVID-19 test had been decreased. At the point when private labs were first permitted testing through RTPCR, the charge for each test was ₹4,500 which was at that point decreased to ₹2,500 in April.
Presently, labs can’t charge over ₹1,600 per test, according to the new requests.
The goal of lessening the value is to guarantee that the most extreme number of individuals are tried, a senior wellbeing official said.
Chief Information, Shishir stated, “On Thursday, UP led 1,50,652 tests and all-out tests in the state done as such far are 72,17,980. Out of 1,50,652 tests on Thursday, 50,000 tests were done on RTPCR and that too by government labs. It is a record accomplishment of UP. The state is doing the most extreme tests in India.”
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