Reduce price of Covid-19 self-test kits even more, DAP reps say


Ravin Palanisamy

DAP reps today say the government should aim to ensure that Covid-19 saliva test kits are available for RM10 or less, as the RM19.90 cap is still costly for low-income earners. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 3, 2021.

TWO DAP lawmakers are calling on the government to further lower the price of the Covid-19 self-test kits, as the new ceiling price of RM19.90 per unit is still unaffordable for many.

Bukit Gasing assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran and Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng welcomed the move to cap the price, which currently ranges from RM28 to RM40 per unit, but said the new price was still costly for low-income earners.


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