Indonesia: Govt to check on Covid-19 swab test price as total almost 300,000 death toll above 11,000

A medical worker takes a sample from a man’s nose during a Covid-19 swab test in Jakarta recently. Indonesia has a limited capacity for conducting swab tests due to a lack of labs, equipment and trained personnel. - The Jakarta Post/Asian News Network

JAKARTA, Oct 3 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesia reported 4,007 new Covid-19 (coronavirus) infections and 83 more deaths on Saturday, bringing its total infections to 299,506 and fatalities to 11,055, health ministry data showed.

The price ceiling for individually requested Covid-19 swab tests will be evaluated periodically, a Health Ministry official has stated.