Morocco Slashes Covid-19 Test Prices to Improve Accessibility

This measure aims to allow a large number of citizens to access the test, reports the daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, specifying that with the new pricing, the PCR test will drop from 700 to 450 dirhams in private laboratories, from 500 to 360 dirhams in university hospitals and from 500 to 300 dirhams in public laboratories. The same source, which recalls that this test is free in public laboratories, indicates that for the analysis of the immune system, the citizen will pay between 100 and 200 dirhams, instead of 300 dirhams in private laboratories.

These private operators authorized to carry out the PCR tests in order to alleviate the pressure on public laboratories must have the necessary expertise and equipment for the genetic tests to be able to detect this virus and strictly comply with the conditions of health and biological safety, with the obligation to inform the authorities of confirmed cases of contamination and to adhere to the agreed pricing.

As proof, notes the daily, five laboratories located in Fez, Rabat and El Jadida were unable to obtain authorization because they did not meet the conditions set out in the specifications.