Ministry wants Covid test kits brought under price stabilization norms

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A medical worker drops a nasal swab sample for a rapid Covid-19 test in HCMC, September 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

 

Covid-19 test kits should be among products governed by price stabilization policies to preclude a sudden increase in their prices, the Ministry of Health said.

 

It called on the Ministry of Finance to cap the cost of testing at private medical facilities and the General Department of Customs to fix maximum prices for imported testing equipment, including rapid antigen test kits.

 

In September last year 14 industry trade groups had made a similar proposal.

 

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