Uganda, Oct. 24 -- The Ministry of Health Saturday said they had reduced testing charges for people seeking testing services in the government laboratories from US $65 (about Shs240,500) to US$ 50 (Shs185,000).
This will apply to truck drivers at the different points of entry, individuals seeking to know their Covid-19 status, people seeking Covid-19 certificates for international travel, organisations (both government and private) that wish to test their staff for purposes of prevention and Ugandans and visitors from abroad without negative Covid-19 certificates, among others.
The ministry's permanent secretary, Dr Diana Atwine said the reduction in testing charges is as a result of reduced cost of transporting laboratory testing kits an...