Chinanews client, Beijing, September 1st (Reporter Zhang Ni) Recently, Shanghai announced that it will lower the price of single-sample testing of new coronavirus nucleic acid in public medical institutions, and the testing fee will be reduced to 60 yuan.
According to incomplete statistics, this month, more than 10 provinces including Qinghai, Hebei, and Jiangsu have announced the reduction of nucleic acid testing fees.
Among them, the highest price of the nucleic acid testing project of public medical institutions at all levels in Shandong Province has been adjusted to 45 yuan/time.
Data map: On August 11, in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, citizens queued up for nucleic acid testing and sampling in an orderly manner at the nucleic acid testing point in the Outer Harbor Community of Jiangning District.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Bo
The price of multiple down-regulation of nucleic acid testing in Shandong dropped to 45 yuan
On the 29th, the Office of the Shanghai Leading Group for Epidemic Prevention and Control announced that Shanghai will lower the price of single-sample detection of new coronavirus nucleic acid conducted by public medical institutions from 80 yuan to 60 yuan from 0:00 on August 30, 2021.
The reporter combed and found that recently, many places have successively lowered the cost of nucleic acid testing.
Henan made it clear that from August 28, 2021, the price of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test (specimen collection) will be reduced from 60 yuan/person to 50 yuan/person, and the price of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test (mixed specimen collection) will be reduced from 20 yuan. The price of the new coronavirus antibody determination (chemiluminescence method) project is reduced from 25 yuan/person to 20 yuan/time.
The price of related items is the highest guide price, which cannot be increased, and the rate of decrease is unlimited.
It is worth noting that Henan Province has already lowered the prices of new coronavirus nucleic acid and antibody testing items twice.
In addition, Qinghai, Hebei, Liaoning, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, Shaanxi and other provinces all issued notices in August to lower the prices of nucleic acid testing items.
Among them, the highest price of the nucleic acid testing project of public medical institutions at all levels in Shandong Province has been adjusted to 45 yuan/time.
Data picture by Yangbo
Why is nucleic acid cheap?
Epidemic prevention and control have become normal, and strong nucleic acid detection capabilities are the key to timely containment of the epidemic.
The price of nucleic acid testing continues to drop, which is good for individuals and society for the overall prevention and control of the epidemic.
Why can domestic nucleic acid testing prices drop again and again?
——Open quantity procurement everywhere
Reducing the price of nucleic acid testing is bound to be inseparable from reducing the purchase price of testing reagents and related consumables.
In fact, since the outbreak of the epidemic, officials have actively promoted the mass purchase of such products.
In January of this year, the State Council’s Comprehensive Team for Joint Prevention and Control Mechanisms for the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic issued a notice, emphasizing that all localities should actively explore centralized procurement methods, purchase nucleic acid testing reagents, protective equipment and other consumables in bulk to reduce the cost of nucleic acid testing.
Various regions have also carried out the procurement of nucleic acid detection reagents and supporting consumables in quantities.
Taking Guangdong as an example, in terms of nucleic acid testing, since last year, the Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau has organized two rounds of centralized procurement of nucleic acid testing reagents and supporting consumables for the new coronavirus. The average price of related testing reagents and consumables has dropped by 78%. The average price of single-sample testing dropped to 58.41 yuan, and the mixed testing fee was 20 yuan.
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei three places have previously jointly purchased new crown-related testing reagents.
In August, after negotiation by Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Shandong Province was invited to join the joint procurement.
In Henan, the nucleic acid detection kits selected in the province's centralized purchases are less than 10 yuan on average, and the total price of a single new coronavirus nucleic acid test has been lowered.
Data map: The clean area inside the nucleic acid testing laboratory of Zhengzhou People's Hospital.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Zhangyun
——The daily production capacity of reagents has increased significantly
On the other hand, the price reduction of nucleic acid testing is also inseparable from the substantial increase in the production capacity of products such as testing reagents.
Data show that as of March 31, 2020, the State Food and Drug Administration has approved 25 test reagents, including 17 nucleic acid test reagents and 8 antibody test reagents.
At that time, the daily production capacity of nucleic acid detection reagents reached 3.06 million, the daily production capacity of antibody detection reagents reached 1.2 million, and the overall daily production capacity reached 4.26 million.
By the end of June 2021, the State Food and Drug Administration has approved 59 new coronavirus detection reagents, including 29 nucleic acid detection reagents, 27 antibody detection reagents, and 3 antigen detection reagents.
According to media reports, statistics provided by relevant companies show that the daily production capacity of nucleic acid detection reagents reached 26.751 million, the daily production capacity of antibody detection reagents reached 16.46 million, and the daily production capacity of antigen detection reagents reached 1.903 million, for a total daily production capacity of 45.114 million People.
Data map: On August 16, the main urban area of Yangzhou continued to carry out nucleic acid testing in key areas.
Photo by Meng Delong
——Enhanced nucleic acid detection capabilities
At present, the nucleic acid detection capabilities of various regions are constantly improving.
The recent local epidemics in Nanjing, Yangzhou, Zhengzhou and other places can be contained relatively quickly, which is inseparable from high-efficiency large-scale nucleic acid testing.
Just in August, the State Council's medical treatment team for the joint prevention and control mechanism of the new crown pneumonia epidemic also issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Organization and Management of Nucleic Acid Testing for All Staff."
The notice proposes that all localities should strengthen the capacity building of the nucleic acid detection information system for all employees, enhance the data load capacity, carry out stress testing in a timely manner, and further improve the level of information technology in personnel verification, sample transfer, and testing capacity scheduling to ensure high quality, efficiency, and stability. run.
In addition, according to the notice, once an epidemic occurs, emergency response should be initiated immediately and the emergency command system should be activated.
After confirming the implementation of full-staff nucleic acid testing, it is necessary to organize and implement the full-staff nucleic acid testing implementation plan as soon as possible to ensure that those with less than 5 million people tested within 2 days, and those with more than 5 million people tested within 3 days.
It can be seen that, in combination with actual factors such as the reduction in the cost of volume procurement, the increase in enterprise production capacity, and the development of inspection technology, the cost of nucleic acid testing projects has been down-regulated, so that the people can benefit from it, and it has also played a role in the implementation of epidemic prevention and control, and the protection of people’s lives and health. positive effects.
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