The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Kalutara· 18 December 2024 ·Oral question: Oral Questions (Questions 1–10)

Healthcare

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The Minister provided Ministry of Health data on COVID-19 Rapid Antigen and PCR tests conducted by government and private sector laboratories from 2019 to 2022, including annual and total figures. He also tabled the names of NMRA-registered local agents for the relevant tests, listing six companies in an annex.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the answer is as follows.

¶ 02 (a) (i) According to the Ministry of Health, Laboratory Services data, the numbers of Rapid Antigen Tests and PCR Tests for COVID-19 performed by the Government and the private sector from 2019 to 2022 are:

¶ 03 - 2019: RAT – Govt 0 / Private 0; PCR – Govt 0 / Private 0 - 2020: RAT – Govt 0 / Private 0; PCR – Govt 994,866 / Private 351,047 - 2021: RAT – Govt 1,928,349 / Private 361,265; PCR – Govt 2,852,616 / Private 1,781,793 - 2022: RAT – Govt 268,969 / Private 257,273; PCR – Govt 193,642 / Private 508,486 Totals: RAT – Govt 2,197,318 / Private 618,538; PCR – Govt 4,041,124 / Private 2,641,326

¶ 04 (ii) The names of NMRA-registered local agents for the aforesaid tests are provided in Annex 01.

¶ 05 Annex 01: 1. Biomedite (Pvt.) Ltd. 2. PTC Medical (Pvt.) Ltd. 3. Analytical Instruments (Pvt.) Ltd. 4. Emar Pharma (Pvt.) Ltd. 5. Microtech Biological (Pvt.) Ltd. 6. Morison Limited – Colombo 02

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 18 December 2024 ·No. 1735286612086554 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 December 2024. No. 1735286612086554. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12110