PPAO President Rewat Areerob proposed the cheap ATK test centre yesterday (Sept 15). Photo: PPAO

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) has approved setting up a centre to provide COVID tests by antigen test kits (ATKs) at cheap prices near the Phuket Check Point in Tha Chatchai to help alleviate the financial burden on those who need to cross the bridge to the mainland regularly.

 

PPAO President Rewat Areerob proposed the move at a meeting of the PPAO Council yesterday (Sept 15), where it was approved.

 

Mr Rewat said that the repeated cost of people having to take ATK tests in order to be able to leave or enter the island was prohibitive for many people needing to travel off-island.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/ppao-moves-to-set-up-cheap-atk-test-centre-81422.php

 

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"The price of the tests to be provided had yet to be confirmed, but a price of about B200 per test had been set as the target, Mr Rewat noted."

 

What price are they now then? Even if it is reduced to B200 then somebodies still making a nice big profit. They only cost B100 from the schools in Phuket, at least the school I know about is.