Gov't should provide PCR & rapid tests for free, main opposition Syriza says
The government should "stop fooling around and provide molecular (PCR) and rapid tests for free, as nearly all European countries do," SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance party said on Tuesday.
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The main opposition was responding to the government's announcement that it capped PCR tests for Covid-19 at 47 euros (from at least 60 euros) at private clinics and diagnostic laboratories as of Thursday.
Syriza accused the government of allowing profiteering over PCR tests for two years. "In other words, instead of a family paying 240 euros a week to see if they are sick, they will now pay 188," it said. The government, it charged, "has no understanding of reality, the needed contact tracing of infections, and the economic inability of families to manage even necessary needs in the midst of explosive price hikes."