Locally-made COVID-19 test kits to cost less: health official

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Ang halaga ng isang COVID19 test kit mula sa ibang bansa ay katumbas na ng 5 gawang-Pinoy na test kit, ayon kay DOH Usec. Eric Domingo.

Watch also in iWant or TFC.tv MANILA - The locally-made COVID-19 test kits will cost patients around P1,250, a health official said Monday.

"Ang maganda po nito kung meron na tayong local manufacturing mas magiging sustainable at tuloy-tuloy po ang supply ng ating kits," Health Undersecretary and FDA director-general Eric Domingo told radio DZMM. Of the initial batch of 120,000 test kits, 26,000 will be bought by the government and distributed to public laboratories, officials earlier said.

 

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If that is so, let us support the producers of the local test kits like the UP-NIH. Not only are their test kits cheaper but the country saves precious foreign exchange and deploying them will be easier and faster. Also good support for local science and technology.

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