‘Make testing kits more affordable’


What’s in the market: Consumer and health groups are calling on the government to subsidise the cost of Covid-19 self-test kits or give it free to low-income families. — AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Covid-19 self-test kits should be made more affordable with the government subsidising the cost or giving them free to those from low-income families, say consumer and health groups.

The government’s efforts of encouraging the public to self-test for Covid-19 is lauded by consumer groups, but the self-test kits should cost less.

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