Covid-19 tests at government facilities will no longer be free as the government has approved a health ministry proposal to impose fees on the tests, bdnews24.com reports.
A patient will now have to pay Tk 200 per test if they visit the kiosks to give samples or if they are hospitalised, the Health Directorate said in a notice issued on Monday.
In case of home sample collections, they will have to pay Tk 500, it added in the notice.
The decision will be effective soon, the notice, signed by Dr Nargis Begum, deputy secretary of Health Services Division, said.