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Punjab caps charges for coronavirus tests

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Chandigarh, September 23

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The Punjab government on Wednesday capped charges for coronavirus tests at private labs to check profiteering.

Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu in a statement said the government has directed that no private lab should charge more than Rs 1,600 (inclusive of GST/taxes, documentation and reporting) for a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.

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For a TrueNat test, no private laboratory should charge more than Rs 2,000 and Rs 2,400 for CBNAAT (cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification), he said, adding that laboratories have been instructed to display rates in a way visible to people.

Sidhu said any additional cost for the collection of samples from homes is to be fixed by laboratories.

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But the lab shall adhere to the guidelines issued by the Punjab government, he said, adding that the decision was taken under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 (COVID-19 Regulations 2020). PTI

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