Poor shall not pay for Corona test
The number of corona infections and deaths is increasing day by day in the country. In such a situation, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has instructed to make the corona test free of cost for the poor in July.
This instruction was given in the office order signed by Bilkis Begum, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Health on Thursday (July 1).
The order said that corona infections were on the rise across the country, necessitating early detection tests. And by paying the examination fee, the corona examination of more than one member of the same family of poor people is becoming difficult. In this situation, in order to prevent and deal with corona, the necessary instructions have been given to all government health institutions to make the corona sample test of the poor people of the country free only for the month of July.
Incidentally, the government has been testing samples for free since March last year after the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Then on June 29 last year the sample test fee was fixed. According to him, the fee is Tk. 200 for testing the sample at the hospital or designated booth and Tk. 500 for bringing the sample from home.
Then on 19th August, the official fee for the coronavirus test was Tk. 100 instead of Tk. 200 and if it is home collection, the test fee is Tk. 300 instead of Tk. 500.