KATHMANDU, Feb 27: The government will provide free RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 to all Nepali nationals going for foreign employment. The Ministry of Health and Population has made a ministerial decision to provide free RT-PCR testing to the migrant workers.
The RT-PCR test will be free of cost for all workers going for foreign employment from government-run Shukraraj Tropical Hospital Teku, Bir Hospital and Central Public Health Laboratory. Earlier, PCR tests at government hospitals and laboratories cost Rs 800.
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For the PCR, the eligible ones have to submit the documents that validate that they are going abroad for foreign employment. Earlier, the government had made special arrangements for COVID-19 vaccine to youths going for foreign employment.
(RSS)
