Health Ministry Bans COVID-19 PCR Tests on Hourly Basis Service
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27 October 2021 21:27 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Health Ministry’s Director General of Health Services Abdul Kadir announced that the new price ceiling of the polymerase chain reaction swab test or PCR test will take effect starting Wednesday, October 27.
The government decided that the new maximum tariff of the COVID-19 test at Rp275,000 for Java and Bali regions and Rp300,000 for outside Java and Bali.
“This upper limit tariff comes into effect when the Health Ministry’s circular letter is issued. And we have issued it today,” said Kadir in an online press conference, Wednesday, October 27.
He emphasized that the ministry also bars laboratories offering test services with results coming out within hours. “We do not allow and justify any price above the price ceiling for whatever reason, including that the results can be obtained in one, two, or three hours,” Kadir said.
The government regulated that the results of PCR tests under the new tariff must be issued at a maximum of 1x24 hours after the sample is taken.” So the result must come out in one day at maximum. If there are violations, we will impose sanctions,” said Kadir.
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