Swabs of all passengers coming through rail and flight into Karnataka will be collected at airports, railway stations and hotels by private labs and testing will be done by RT-PCR method Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Friday said that it will charge ₹650 per person for pool testing by private labs for Covid-19, making it one of the first states to do so in the country.
Swabs of all passengers coming through rail and flight into Karnataka will be collected at airports, railway stations and hotels by private labs and testing will be done by RT-PCR method, the state health department said in its order on Friday. "The samples will be tested by polling method (five samples in one pool as per ICMR guidelines.