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Reduced Cost of PCR Tests Could Boost Covid-19 Tracing: INDEF

16 August 2021 07:29 WIB

Health facilities for antigen swab and PCR testing services in the Mampang area, Jakarta, Thursday, July 22, 2021. The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) together with the BPKP (Financial and Development Supervisory Agency) themselves have set the highest tariff limit for antigen swab tests of Rp250,000 for Java Island and Rp275,000 for areas outside Java. Tempo/Tony Hartawan

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) economist, Eko Listiyanto, on Sunday talked about the urgency of PCR tests and other Covid-19 screening tests that are now mandated for a number of public activities, and believes reducing the cost cap of PCR tests would benefit the government’s contact tracing capabilities.

“I think the price reduction is important considering that the hefty price for a PCR test, which is used to detect Covid-19, has been complained about by members of the public,” said Listiyanto on August 15, Antaranews reported.

He said that a PCR test is still the foremost reference used to determine whether a person has contracted the coronavirus or not and that comparing the prices in other countries that are not as pricey as in Indonesia, a PCR test price reduction is a given. 

The direct instruction from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to drop its prices will help Indonesia’s lack of tracing capabilities. 

“With the lower prices, it is hoped that there will be more tracing,” said the INDEF economist. 

Reported on Sunday, the President instructed the Health Ministry to set the price ceiling for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at Rp550,000.

“I have talked about it with the health minister. I asked (him) to set the price of the PCR test within the range of Rp450,000 to Rp550,000,” the President said via the Presidential Secretariat’s Youtube channel in Jakarta on Sunday.

Read: Jokowi Calls for Price Ceiling of PCR Test at Rp550,000

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