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Covid-19: Maharashtra govt reduces RT-PCR testing rates
₹2,000 from ₹2,500 Mumbai: With the testing kit production cost falling after Maharashtra eased lockdown norms, the state government on Monday further reduced the rates for RT-PCR COVID-19 tests conducted by private laboratories.According to the governments decision, the charges for picking test samples from collection sites have been reduced to ₹1,200 from ₹1,900 (which was fixed last month).Collecting samples from kiosks, COVID-19 care collection centres, hospitals, clinics, quarantine centres of laboratories will now cost ₹1,600 as against ₹2,200 earlier.The fees for collecting patient samples from his/her residence, their transport, testing and reporting of samples has been slashed to ₹2,000 from ₹2,500, the government said.The