Summary:
The numbers of swab testing in several private laboratories have dropped over the past one month after the West Bengal government fixed the rate of Covid-19 tests and brought it down to nearly half in June-end.
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The numbers of swab testing in several private laboratories have dropped over the past one month after the West Bengal government fixed the rate of Covid-19 tests and brought it down to nearly half in June-end.
The number of tests in government laboratories, however, has shot up.
The total number of samples tested in the state, including private laboratories, crossed the one million mark on Wednesday and touched 1.03 million
“The state government had on June 26 capped the cost of Covid-19 testing to Rs 2,250 at private laboratories and private hospitals in the state.
Earlier it was Rs 4,500.
Thereafter the number of tests per day has dropped in some private laboratories,” said a senior official of the Bengal government’s health department.
One private laboratory tested more than 11,000 samples in the last 15 days in June.
In the month of July, however, it could conduct only around 9000 tests.
Another well-known laboratory chain conducted more than 60,000 tests in the last 15 days of June.