“Citizens should not pay for the Coronavirus test, it's the head of state”

The Health Ministry has begun to license private labs for conducting tests of Sars-COV2. So far 46 labs have been licensed, 44 of them for conducting Serological testing and two for testing PCR.

“has increased the capacity for testing, especially with the licensing of private labs and which KMDLNj, in the absence of transparency, does not have clear criteria under which the license is granted. Growth in testing capacities, KMDLNj views Kosovo citizens as necessary and positive. However, it requires serious oversight, or the real danger of pandemic corruption. The KMDLNJ rejects the prices set as unaffordable to most Kosovo citizens as soon as we have a deepening economic crisis with what is largely dependent on social assistance and emergency packages. Establishing conditions for testing in cases when allegedly infecting COVID-19 is the state's responsibility to rule out cases when tested take the test for tourist purposes, doing business and having no problem of financial nature. State subsidies of 18 % as stated by Minister Zemaj, if done linearly for KMDLNj is unacceptable, flagrant discrimination, unwillingness to fight pandemic and poverty of the population”, said the KMDLNJ response.

In this reaction The KMDLNJ has proposed that social categories -- those left without jobs -- be set free from any pay, while those with regular incomes should participate no more than 30 percent.

“KMDLNj proposes that social categories, marginalised groups, those left without work, and all others who cannot afford to pay, should be set free from any payment, while those who have regular income should partisanise no more than 30 %s. KMDLNj seeks to create a monitoring team that will forward the work of private labs once even the lists of those being tested in public institutions to eliminate any discrimination that has not been done so far, so far that we have had flagrant discrimination where tests have become a priority based on status in society, not because of the need for prevention and fighting of the pandemic”, it is said in the reaction of the KMDLNJ.