All Covid-19 Tests To Be Free Of Cost: SC
Millennium Post Delhi|April 09, 2020
As India enters the ‘make-or-break week’, number of confirmed cases crosses 5,000-mark to stand at 5,274
All Covid-19 Tests To Be Free Of Cost: SC

NEW DELHI: With COVID19 cases showing no signs of abating in India, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said tests relating to novel Coronavirus whether in approved government laboratories or approved private laboratories “shall be free of cost”.

Meanwhile, as India enters what the authorities call the “make-or-break week,” the number of confirmed cases has crossed the 5,000-mark to stand at 5,274. The number of casualties, currently at 149, also registered a jump of 32 deaths in the last 24 hours. Till now, 411 persons have been discharged after recovery.

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