DOH: Price of RT-PCR tests may be reduced anew

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The RT-PCR test, considered as the 'gold standard' in COVID-19 testing, is priced around P3,800 in most public laboratories, and up to P5,000 in private laboratories in the Philippines as of early February, the DOH website indicated.

MANILA – To make testing more affordable and accessible to a larger part of the population, the Department of Health on Tuesday said the price of RT-PCR tests might have a reduced price cap yet again.

Vergeire explained that the existing policy mandates an individual to only pay the operational costs especially if test kits were donated by the government. “Kapag sila ay nagpa-test sa isang laboratory, dapat operational cost lang ang binabayaran nila dahil donated po namin ang mga kits na yan. For other LGUs, they offer this for free," Vergeire said.

In late November last year, President Rodrigo Duterte directed the DOH and DTI to set a price ceiling on tests for COVID-19, following reports of overpricing.

 

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to sell more! because you guys own it!

Should be free to those who can't afford

Wow! Really? Funny how suddenly so many things are being done after the COA report

Bakit di nyo gawing libre?

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