EDITORIAL | Private Covid tests finally drop, but pressure can’t let up
Thanks to Competition Commission’s intervention, private PCR test costs go down from R850 to R500, but further reductions are needed
12 December 2021 - 18:12
Sunday’s announcement that the cost of private sector Covid-19 PCR tests was being reduced by about 42% must be welcomed, particularly as the country battles a fourth wave of infection...
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