KATHMANDU: The government has decided to decrease the fee for polymerase chain reaction test by Rs 1,100 per test.

From now on, a PCR test will be conducted for Rs 4,400, instead of the earlier fee of Rs 5,500 per test, Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson for the health ministry, said during a media briefing on Sunday.

Read more: No more than Rs 4,400 to be charged for PCR tests: Health Ministry

A version of this article appears in e-paper on August 31, 2020, of The Himalayan Times.