As per reports, the prices for the coronavirus tests, masks, sanitizers are going to witness a significant dip in the coming weeks.
The state government has formed two committees to review the prices of the items that are required to battle the novel coronavirus. According to sources, the RT-PCR test, which today costs ₹1,900-2,500 could drop to ₹1,200-1,500. The cost of N95 masks sold at ₹150-300 could drop to ₹50. Similarly, a cap on the cost of sanitizers is also expected which had been capped at ₹100 per 200ML bottle till July 7.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had earlier removed the cap of ₹4,500 for conducting coronavirus tests and had asked the states to “fix up mutually agreeable prices”. According to the new norms, RT-PCR tests for the coronavirus were capped at ₹2,200 while the tests which collected samples from home had a sealing price of ₹2,800.
In the past, the city of Mumbai had three rate cards. The tests were being done free of charge at public laboratories, ₹4500 at private laboratories and ₹3,500 that the BMC was paying the private facilities when it was collecting samples of high-risk contacts in-home quarantine.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra, in the last 24 hours has clocked 23,350 fresh cases of the coronavirus taking the COVID-19 tally to 9,07,212. The positivity rate, recovery rate, and fatality rate for the coronavirus in the state stand at 19.52 per cent, 71.03 per cent, and 2.93 per cent respectively.
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