The government sets the highest price for the Mandiri “Swab” test at Rs 900,000.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Acting Director (Plt), the Director General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), Abdul Kadir, announced the maximum cost limit for the tests. swab The Covid-19, which was carried out independently by the community, was 900,000 IDR.

This announcement was made at the press conference of the Ministry of Health and the Supervisory Agency for Finance and Development (BPKP) on Friday afternoon (10/2/2020).

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“We set a limit on the collection fee swab and an independent review that we can account for to allocate to the public, namely Rs 900,000, “Abdul said, quoted in a press conference broadcast by KompasTV on Friday.

Abdul explained that the amount of this fee includes two components, namely the recovery swab and inspection fees real time PCR.

“So these 900,000 rupees include the collection fee swab as well as the check fee real time PCR, “he said.

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Abdul said that the determination of this fee was based on three discussions conducted by the Health Ministry and BPKP.

The determination is also based on the results of surveys and analyzes conducted by BPKP and the Ministry of Health in various health facilities.