The Centre on Saturday suggested that the maximum rate for every coronavirus test by private laboratories should not be more than Rs 4,500,...
The Centre on Saturday suggested that the maximum rate for every coronavirus test by private laboratories should not be more than Rs 4,500, reported PTI. In India, 324 people have been infected with the virus, and four people have been killed, according to the Union health ministry.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research guidelines, all private laboratories with National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories accreditation for real-time polymerase chain reaction SA for RNA virus will be allowed to conduct tests. The notification was issued by the Union health ministry.
The National Task Force recommended the maximum rate for testing should be capped at Rs 4,500. This could include Rs 1,500 as screening suspected cases, and an additional Rs 3,000 for confirmation tests, the guidelines said. “However, the ICMR encourages free or subsidised testing in this hour of national public health emergency,” the statement added.
Guidelines on sample collection and testing said that appropriate biosafety and biosecurity measures needed to be taken while collecting respiratory samples (oropharnygeal and nasal swab) from a patient. A sample collection site only for coronavirus may also be created, the notification added.
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