Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to provide test rapid antigen at affordable cost, the Odisha Government today capped the upper price of the rapid antigen test conducted by private labs and point of care facilities.
In a notification, the Health and Family Welfare Department said, “After careful consideration Government have been pleased to fix up the price for each Standard Q Covid-19 Antigen Kit for private laboratories, point-of-care Facilities etc”.
“The upper price cap of Rs 450/- (plus GST as applicable) as specified by ICMR for each Standard Q Covid-19 Antigen Kit of the vendor,SD Bio Sensor must be adhered to by all the private facilities complying to the prevailing ICMR norms”, the notification added.
“All such private facilities must conduct the point-of-care rapid antigen tests (Standard Q covid-19 Ag Kit) or the TrueNat tests strictly following the prevailing protocol as prescribed by ICMR.”, the notification further stated.
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