IDNEWSNOW.COM, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has actually officially lowered the rate of the polymerase chain reaction or PCR swab test. In Java and Bali, the rate is cut to Rp275,000, while in other islands the optimum rate is capped at Rp300,000
” Based upon evaluations results, we accepted reduce the optimum rate limitation for PCR tests to IDR 275,000 in the islands of Java and Bali, and to IDR 300,000 outside Java and Bali,” the Health Ministry’s director general of health services Abdul Kadir said in a statement throughout the online interview, Wednesday, October 27.
The cost of getting a PCR test in Indonesia has reduced several times considering that the pandemic begun. At the start, the tariff was really high, approximately more than Rp2.5 million per test.
The Other Day, the Health Ministry’s spokesperson for Covid-19 Vaccination, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, stated that the ministry– together with the Covid-19 Task Force and the Transport Ministry– was examining the possibility to cut the tariffs, following President Joko Widodo’s guidelines to lower the price to Rp300,000
Jokowi’s ask for a lower PCR test price was provided by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Financial Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan at an interview on Monday.
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