Conquer Man City, Liverpool Win 16th Community Shield |Used as a Bed Sheet, Sri Lankan Presidential Palace Flag Stolen|Liga 1: Barito Putera Conquer Borneo 3-1Thursday, November 25, 2021 |21:20 WIB By : Maria Fatima Bona / JEMJakarta, Beritasatu.com - The government's decision to lower the price of the Covid-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) swab test to IDR 275,000 for Java and Bali and IDR 300,000 outside Java-Bali has been positively welcomed by various parties, including health technology startups. HealthyQ.SehatQ's Head of Partnership, Arie Senta, stated that SehatQ fully supports the government's decision to reduce the price of PCR swab tests which are increasingly affordable for the wider community.“We believe the government has considered various things before deciding to lower prices.Therefore, we welcome the government's policy of lowering the price of PCR swab tests to support the acceleration of handling the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in terms of increasing the number of PCR swab tests to strengthen the tracing and testing mechanism according to the procedures issued by WHO," he said in a press statement received by Beritasatu. com, Thursday (25/11/2021).Arie explained that with the new price fixing by the government, SehatQ will also adjust the price by taking into account a reasonable margin so that it can continue to support the government and the community through the implementation of this PCR swab test.The decrease in the price of the PCR swab test also has an impact on the decrease in the price of the antigen test.Currently, the price of the antigen swab test service at SehatQ ranges from Rp. 60,000 to Rp. 99,000."Of course, SehatQ will make price adjustments in accordance with government recommendations," he said.Arie guarantees that SehatQ will not take advantage in a pandemic situation, especially regarding the pricing of the PCR test and the antigen test because SehatQ prioritizes the social and humanitarian side."We are aware that we are part of the Indonesian people who are both struggling to get out of the pressure of this pandemic.For that we will always support government policies," he added.On the other hand, the number of Covid-19 spreads in general has decreased compared to some time ago.Of course, this also affects the decrease in the number of people who carry out PCR and antigen swab tests.Arie admitted that there was a significant decline in the number of Covid-19 swab test sales at SehatQ in line with the decreasing number of Covid-19 spreads in Indonesia.“Indeed, there is a drastic decrease for PCR and antigen swab tests by 80% to 90% every week compared to the July period.However, we are still grateful because this indicates the government's success in suppressing the growth rate of the spread of Covid-19," he concluded.Watch live streaming of BeritaSatu TV programs here