Cebu City minority bloc questions scientific basis of rapid testing

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CEBU CITY, Philippines -- The minority bloc of the Cebu City Council is questioning the scientific basis of the rapid mass testing conducted in the barangays for the Project Balik Buhay

Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon | CDN Digital File Photo

Dizon said that this low turnout shows that the residents did trust the rapid testing being conducted by the PBB. Furthermore, Ong questioned why the city is only targetting 17,000 families when originally, it targeted 23,000. This decreased number no longer represents 10 percent of the city’s population, which was the original target of the project.“You keep on changing the guidelines. Before, it was a random list of residents, but the list did not work because some of those in the list are dead. Now, anyone can undergo a rapid test.

Councilor Nestor Archival, the minority floor leader, even questioned the sensitivity of the rapid test kits and if this was approved by the Department of Health in Central Visayas .

 

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