Shanghai lowered the cost for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing today.

Public hospitals decreased the price for a single test from 60 yuan (US$9.5) to 40 yuan, according to the city's pandemic control and prevention team.

Now, 156 hospitals and institutes are offering testing services in Shanghai. The facilities are able to test at a maximum of 910,000 people per day, Wu Jinglei, head of the city's health commission, said at last Thursday's press conference.