Tengku Zafrul: Govt to revise down Covid-19 self test-kit price by year end


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The government is looking at further revising down the price of Covid-19 self-test kits by end of this year to make them accessible to everyone.

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz (pic) said the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry and the Ministry of Health were looking into the matter.

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