Odisha government fixes cost of antigen test

BHUBANESWAR: The state government has fixed the cost of an antigen test at Rs 450 for private hospitals and private laboratories in Odisha. This facility can be availed free of cost in government hospitals.
The health and family welfare department in its notification stated that upper price cap of Rs 450 as specified by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for each Standard Q Covid-19 Ag Kit of the vendor SD Bio Sensor must be adhered to by all the private facilities complying to the prevailing ICMR norms.
Earlier, the state government had fixed Rs 2,200 as the price for conducting the RT-PCR test to detect Covid- 19 in private laboratories in Odisha.