East China’s Jiangsu province recently issued a notice announcing reductions to the fees for nucleic acid testing, with the adjustment taking effect from November 25.
All disease control and prevention testing institutions and medical institutions have been instructed to charge no more than 40 yuan for nucleic acid testing.
The fee for mixed sample nucleic acid testing for 10 people should be no more than 10 yuan per person.
Testing institutions and medical institutions are required to post public notices on nucleic acid testing items and standards.
Any price increases or extra charges are strictly forbidden.
Third-party testing institutions are required to charge nucleic acid testing fees according to operation costs, as well as market supply and demand, and to make them public.
People were seen queuing for nucleic acid testing at the nucleic acid sampling site of Nanjing First Hospital which provides 24-hour nucleic acid testing services.
Wang Jingsong, Head of Nursing Group of Fever Clinic, Nanjing First Hospital
The sample will be sent
to the molecular laboratory
within 1 to 2 hours
after nucleic acid sampling
and a report can be issued within 12 hours
In the case of a small number of testers
a report can be issued within 6 hours
Nucleic acid sampling sites in Nanjing have continued to improve their efficiency by issuing reports within 24 hours. A resident said that there was an interval of less than 3 hours from when he did the nucleic acid test to when he got the report.
Resident of Nanjing
I sampled at 12:24 on November 29th
and the test report was issued
at 3:10 in the afternoon
Many citizens can also do nucleic acid tests in community hospitals. Nucleic acid testing sites are set up in 8 communities in Xuanwu District, Nanjing.
Wei Hongjin, Director of Laboratory Medicine, Xinjiekou Community Health Service Center, Xuanwu District, Nanjing
From Monday to Saturday at 11 o'clock
the report is given within 24 hours
We finish sampling at 11 o'clock
and the third-party inspection agency
will take it away in batches
through the logistics company
