[Translation: The RITM has increased its capacity and can now conduct 900 to 1,000 tests per day]
This comes as the four subnational laboratories that started testing last week received their certification from RITM to fully implement COVID-19 tests. The Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, San Lazaro Hospital, Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center and the Southern Philippines Medical Center will no longer have to send coronavirus samples to the RITM for validation and can now provide test results on their own. Each laboratory can administer 80 to 160 tests a day, Vergeire said.testing,” she said.The Lung Center of the Philippines is also up for certification on March 30, the spokesperson added.
NCR Population alone is 13Million. Kung 1,000 a day lang testing- hindi tau matatapos sa April 14 end ng quarantine. Definitely mag eextend tau. Mas matatagalan, mas mahirapan tau lahat.
Sigurado tataas na yung cases... pero sigurado rin yung mga gagong nag advocate ng Mass testing ang una rin magreklamo bat tumtaas ang cases at wala ginagawa DOH
Good, at least we know maraming negative sa tests..🙏
sa backlog palang po hirap na sila kulang sila ng manpower talaga
We should be all thankful that they are doing what they can possibly do.
Akala ko ba 900 to 1000 test daily? Kanina sinabi ni Usec Vergeire sa press con ng DOH!
Too low for a population of 100M
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