The government through the Ministry of Health (MoH) has directed public laboratories in the country to offer free Covid-19 tests for all walk-in requests from persons with ill health, contact tracing and those exposed to the infection.
A release signed by the Acting Chief Director of the MoH, Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari stressed all other all walk-in “requests such as ill-health, contact tracing and exposure must be done free-of-charge using public health resources.
“All public health laboratories are to take note and comply,” the release added.
The high cost of the COVID-19 test has necessitated the intervention by the government.
Before, about 15 accredited laboratories charges between GHC300 to GHC 700 to get tested.
However, in the last four days, Ghana has recorded average daily cases of 650.
Below is the list of public health laboratories
National Public Health Reference Laboratory,
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Kumasi Center for collaborative Research
Veterinary Services Department- Labone
Veterinary Services Department- Takoradi
Public Health Reference Laboratory -Sekondi-Tarkoradi
University Health and Allied Sciences Laboratory – Ho
MDS-LANCET- East Legon
Nyaho Diagnostic Laboratory -Accra
AKAI House Laboratory- Accra
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research- Accra
LEDing Medical Laboratory
The Trust Hospital Company Ltd
Synlab Ghana
