The Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday, 17 June, that testing for COVID-19 in private labs will be cut down by almost half in Delhi, from Rs 4,500 to Rs 2,400.
The Ministry tweeted, “As per the directives of Home Minister Amit Shah in providing relief to the common man, the high-level expert committee’s report on COVID19 testing rates received by Health Ministry has been further sent to Delhi Government for necessary action. It has been decided to fix the test rate at Rs 2,400.”