Foreign countries to send over 100K COVID-19 test kits to the Department of Health

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China, South Korea, and Brunei are among the countries who are donating COVID-19 test kits to the health department

The DOH did not say when these other additional test kits would arrive in the country.

The DOH also said five sub-national laboratories that are able to process between 50 - 300 tests daily are now operating alongside the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine . Two additional laboratories, the Western Visayas Medical Center and Bicol Public Health Laboratory, will have to undergo testing before they can begin processing tests.

In its most recent update, the DOH said as of Saturday afternoon there were 77 new cases of COVID-19. It is the bigest single-day increase since the first first case was confirmed in January.The DOH also said 13 people in the country have recovered from COVID-19.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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Can DOHgovph set up testing center? Or those 'allegedly' doing home service testing to rich and politicians do the same to everyone O problema ang 'bayad' sa kit But take note -the kits were DONATED to us.. should be FREE! So paano kaya sir SAPBongGo ito?

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