Government urged to further decrease price of Covid-19 self-test kits


JOHOR BARU: The government has been urged to further reduce the ceiling price of Covid-19 self-test kits to RM15 or less instead of RM19.90 as announced by Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul.

The Pakatan Harapan cost of living committee said that the ceiling price of RM19.90, to be enforced at the end of the year, was still high for the B40 group.

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