Price Ceiling for Covid-19 Swab Test Set at Rp 900,000
The government has set a price ceiling for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nasopharyngeal swab test at Rp 900,000 (about US$62) in a bid to control swab test prices at privately owned health facilities.
An employee works on the production line of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines at the Bio Farma Pharmacy, which will produce the vaccine early next year with a production capacity of 250 million vaccines a year, in Bandung, West Java on August 12, 2020. - Indonesia on August 11 launched human trials of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine with some 1,600 volunteers slated to take part in the six-month study.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The government has set a price ceiling for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nasopharyngeal swab test at Rp 900,000 (about US$62) in a bid to control swab test prices at privately owned health facilities.
The calculation of the price ceiling takes into account numerous components, including service fees for doctors and medical workers as well as personal protective equipment and reagents; electricity, telephone, waste and equipment maintenance costs, administrative costs including registration fees and the cost of delivering the test results.