<span style="color: #222222;">The Delhi High Court has said that, COVID-19 test kits should be made available urgently at the lowest possible price so that the virus can be controlled and people's health can be safeguarded at a time when the country was facing an unprecedented medical crisis.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Justice Najmi Waziri issued the direction to three private companies which had entered into an agreement to import 10 lakh test kits from China and distribute them here at a cost of Rs 600 each, the rate approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">However, the order would not affect price of the kits to be sold to ICMR and the Tamil Nadu government. The order came on the plea of Rare Metabolics Life Sciences Pvt Ltd and Aark Pharmaceuticals which had entered into an agreement with Matrix Labs, the importer of the kits, to distribute the kits in India.</span><br />
News On AIR | April 26, 2020 2:28 PM
COVID-19 test kits should be made available urgently at lowest possible price: Delhi HC