The Islamabad Health Regulatory Authority (IHRA) has fixed maximum rates for Covid-19 tests.

According to a document available with Dawn, all private hospitals, laboratories and collection centers conducting RT-PCR tests had been directed to freeze the rates of PCR tests.

They have been told that Rs5,000 would be charged for using Roche/Abbot/Qiagen Kits and Rs3,500 would be charged for tests through all other kits.

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