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(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has unveiled plans for another COVID-19 testing facility as it recorded its 483rd COVID-19 case. In a statement, the PNP said it was seeking Department of Health approval for a suitable site for the RT-PCR laboratory in Central Visayas. Cebu City has reverted to an enhanced community quarantine upon recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases following a recent spike in COVID-19 cases there. […]
(Eagle News) — There are now 26 government certified laboratories and facilities that can do COVID-19 tests, increasing the country’s capacity for further virus test processing. The latest to be added was the state-of-the-art Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology Laboratory of the Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital (JBLMGH) in San Fernando, Pampanga which was inaugurated on Saturday, May 9, 2020. JBLMGH was the recipient of the US2.5 million dollar-grant from the […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines hopes to conduct 30,000 COVID-19 tests a day by the end of May as government officials pushed for a “test,test,test (T3) approach to beat the virus. Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) president Vince Dizon, the deputy chief implementer of the National Action Policy (NAP) against COVID-19, said that they also hope to set up a total of 78 laboratories by May 30. Presently, there are 20 laboratories which had […]
