Covid-19 test in govt hospitals no longer free
Staff Reporter Published: 29 June 2020, 04:50 PM
| Updated: 29 June 2020, 06:03 PM
People now require to pay fees for coronavirus test at government facilities which was earlier free of costs.
Now one has to pay Tk 200 to take a COVID-19 test at dedicated booths or government hospitals.
And fee was set Tk 500 in case of collecting sample from home, Health Service Division under Health and Family Welfare Ministry issued a circular on Monday.
The government gave opportunity to people to take test free that led most of the people having no symptom to take test.
The decision of charging for coronavirus test in government facilities has been taken to avoid unnecessary tests, the circular said.
