Ad. Georgiadis: Why didn’t the price of the molecular tests go to 30 euros

The government’s decision for a ceiling on PCR tests at 47 euros was explained by Ad. Georgiadis noting that “if we went to 30 euros, only the 4-5 big chains would survive, all the small laboratories would close, everyone would go to the big diagnostic centers, so there the system would be clogged and we would take the tests from one Monday in another “.

Speaking at the First Program, the Minister of Development and Investment pointed out that the “small laboratory costs € 35, clean, without the employee, only the reagents”.

He explained that the price of € 47 was “taken out after two days of checking all the euro-euro documents, the salary, the cost of the gloves, the uniforms, the rent of the office, the performance of the machines. It is not a price that “We put it on the air. It came out to ensure the following things, that we will have reliable and sufficient pcr in the market and it will be as cheap as possible.”

Asked about the corresponding cost in Cyprus that does not reach 25 euros, he said: “Yesterday Mr. Plevris spoke with the Minister of Health of Cyprus and the price they gave us is 20 € -50 €. One price is at 20 € in Cyprus to a company, which as our doctors and the Panhellenic Medical Association told us in a meeting we had, brought us the papers that are very low reliability, Chinese and not similar to those sold here. the molecular test “.

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Source From: Capital

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