Saliva tests at 98 percent efficacy, officials assure https://youtu.be/YCl1EqoA4OI (Eagle News) — The Philippine Red Cross started its drive-thru saliva tests for COVID-19 which it would be conducting in selected malls in Metro Manila. This was made possible with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with SM Supermalls. More convenient COVID-19 tests would now be made more available to the public at less cost because of this. Test results would also be […]
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Dizon presses DOH on validation of saliva tests as alternative to swab tests for COVID-19
(Eagle News) – The country’s COVID-19 testing czar Vince Dizon is hoping that the Department of Health would soon release guidelines regarding saliva tests as an alternative to RT-PCR tests or swab tests in determining if the person has the virus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Dizon said that the DOH is still in the process of validating this saliva test as an alternative to swab tests. He also said that the Philippine Red Cross […]





