<span style="color: #222222;">Gujarat Government has reduced the rates of Covid19 tests conducted by private laboratories. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel who is also holding the portfolio of Health Ministry has said that private laboratories will have to charge 2500 rupees for each Covid-19 test, when a sample is collected at the laboratory. He said that when a sample is collected by a private laboratory at home or at hospital, the charge will be 3,000 rupees. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Ahmedabad correspondent reports that the charge levied previously was 4,500 rupees per test for Covid-19 tests in private laboratories when sample collected at laboratory.</span><br />''