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Gujarat Government has yet again capped the charges for RT-PCR test for private laboratories.
The RT-PCR test would cost ₹700 for samples given at the laboratories or collection centre and ₹900 for samples collected from home or hospital or isolation centres. The revised charges will come into effect from April 20.
Notably, amid a sharp surge in the new infections across the country, several states have tried to cap the charges for Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests at private laboratories.
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Capping of charges by other states
Recently, Rajasthan had announced to reduce RT-PCR charges at private labs to ₹350. Uttar Prades has also brought it down to ₹700 and ₹900 for home collection of samples.
Updated Apr 11, 2021 | 06:07 IST
The special vaccination drive - Tika Utsav - has been initiated on Prime Minister Narendra Modi s directions and will conclude on April 14. COVID-19 vaccine centre in India | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: A Tika Utsav or vaccine festival will kick off in the country from today with an objective to vaccinate the maximum number of eligible people against the coronavirus infection. The special vaccination drive has been initiated on Prime Minister Narendra Modi s directions and will conclude on April 14.
The Tika Utsav begins a day after the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare confirmed that India is the fastest nation to administer 10 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines in just 85 days. Notably, the US took 89 days to achieve the feat while China took 102 days to cross the same number.