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

Business Day TV talks to Competition Commission spokesperson Siyabulela Makunga

13 December 2021 - 20:45 Business Day TV
UPDATED 14 December 2021 - 07:55
A health worker opens packaging for Covid-19 testing material in Cape Town. Picture: DWAYNE SENIOR/BLOOMBERG
A health worker opens packaging for Covid-19 testing material in Cape Town. Picture: DWAYNE SENIOR/BLOOMBERG

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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