Press Releases

The Ministry of Health announces a revised list of private Clinical Laboratories which have verified the procedure of conducting the diagnostic methodology that detects the genetic material of the virus (RT-RCR) – the only approved and acceptable COVID-19 research method – and to which all citizens and/or businesses may refer to privately for testing.

It should be noted that according to the Quarantine Decree No. 6, dated 28 January 2021, the maximum price for a COVID-19 molecular test is fixed at €50.00.

In particular, in addition to the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics and the Microbiological Laboratories of the State Health Services Organization, the private Clinical Laboratories which have completed the diagnostic methodology verification procedure that detects the genetic material of the virus (RT-RCR) are the following:

1. ACT-BIO partnership (Biomedical Laboratories Charis Charilaou, Andreas Adamou and clinical labs BIOCHECK-Tingerides Clinical Laboratories).
2. MEDIFOS Centre for Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnosis.
3. MyGene Molecular Diagnostics.
4. Diogenous Biomedical Laboratory (C.D. DNA Biomedica Science Lab).
5. DNA Biomedical Science Lab (Yiannoukas Medical Laboratories).
6. Partnership of Bioanalysis Clinical Labs (Lemesos), Tymvios Medical Labs (Lefkosia) and PZ Agapiou Diagnostics.
7. NIPD Genetics.
8. American Medical Center Clinical Lab.
9. Iasis private hospital clinical laboratory.
10. Evaggelismos private hospital clinical laboratory.
11. “Ygia policlinic” private hospital clinical laboratory.
12. Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus clinical laboratory.
13. A. Evangelou Lab.
14. Synlab.
15. Aretaieio private hospital clinical laboratory.
16. Mendel Center for Biomedical Sciences.
17. Theocharides Clinical Lab.

(EK)