The Ministry of Public Health has announced through a memo that private health care facilities are now allowed to carry out swabbing for the COVID-19 test.

The memo 7/2020 states that:

Private Health Care Facilities are allowed to carry out swabbing for the COVID-19 test and send the swabs to Hamad Medical Corporation laboratories for testing.

Private Health Care Facilities are allowed to perform swabbing for the following categories:

• All patients with signs and respiratory symptoms, as per the case definition of COVID-19, approved by MoPH
• All patients for admissions, including acute admissions and admissions for elective surgeries
• Healthcare workers in the private health care sector, as per MoPH policies and guidelines
• Periodic testing of employees of other sectors, as per MoPH policies and guidelines
• For pre-travel certificate confirming negative COVID-19

The health care facility is allowed to add no more than 50 riyals to the actual test cost of Hamad Medical Corporation.

This applies only for COVID-19 PCR testing and other rapid testing are not permitted.

Source: Ministry of Public Health

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