With the Omicron variant rapidly spreading across Thailand, the need for Covid-19 testing not just once but frequently has become more and more vital. Antigen test kits have become a crucial tool f0r easy and fast home testing and the availability of ATKs in pharmacies across the country, even being stocked in 7-Eleven now, is a monumental step in encouraging self-testing that can quickly identify and contain Covid-19 outbreaks.
But now the government is recognizing that the increased demand for testing amid surging Covid-19 daily infection numbers has caused the prices being charged for these vital ATKs to spike as well. So authorities are calling on the Ministry of Commerce and other commercial affairs agencies to step in and regulate the pricing of these Covid-19 test kits.
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha announced through a deputy government spokesperson that has ordered the Ministry of…
