UP: Yogi Govt Reduces Price Of Covid-19 Test To Rs 1,600 To Ensure Maximum Testing

The Uttar Pradesh government has reduced the price of the RT-PCR Covid-19 test by all the labs including privately owned in the state to Rs 1,600 from Rs 2,500, reports The Hindu.

The move by the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government comes as the price of RT-PCR test kits and reagents used for Covid-19 testing have come down.

Earlier in April, the UP government had reduced the price of RT-PCR Covid-19 test in state to Rs 2,500 from Rs 4,500.

Now, as per the fresh order, labs in the state cannot charge over Rs 1,600 per test.

A senior health official was cited in the report as saying that the objective of the price reduction was to ensure that maximum number of people are tested.