Last Updated On 14 December 2021 1 Min Read

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WATCH: Lancet and Ampath slash PCR test prices by 41%​

Business Day TV talks to Competition Commission spokesperson Siyabulela Makunga

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A health worker opens packaging for Covid-19 testing material in Cape Town. Picture: DWAYNE SENIOR/BLOOMBERG
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The Competition Commission and private pathology laboratories Ampath and Lancet have reached an agreement to reduce the price of PCR tests by 41%.

Business Day TV spoke to commission spokesperson Siyabulela Makunga for more detail.

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