Minister Of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin Affirms Government Does Not Plan PCR Test Tariff Subsidy

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JAKARTA - Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin ensured that the government will not disburse subsidy funds to reduce the rate of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. "said Budi Gunadi Sadikin at a press conference attended by YouTube Ekonomi RI in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Tuesday, October 26. Budi said the price of PCR in Indonesia, which was originally set at Rp900 thousand per person, was already 25 percent lower in price when compared to the price of PCR in Indonesia. other airports in the world. "So if, for example, it is lowered to Rp. 300 thousand, it may be the cheapest compared to the price of PCR airports in the world," he said.

He said India is still the country with the cheapest PCR tariffs in the world apart from China. It was determined by President Joko Widodo worth Rp. 300 thousand, Budi said that it was the cheapest compared to the price of PCR tests around the world at airports