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In this photo taken on April 5, 2020, laboratory technician Irene Ooko prepares nasal swabs to be tested for the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, at the Pathologists Lancet Kenya laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya. The company, which is offering tests to patients with a doctor’s referral, was previously having to send samples to South Africa for testing but is now completing the testing in-house in Kenya.
The subnational laboratory at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, for one, slowed down its operation since Friday, May 15, 2020, because of the need for disinfection. When asked when the disinfection will be completed, Bernadas said he could only hope that they will be able to address their backlogs in the next two days.
“We came short of our plan. Supposedly, everything should be complete last week in time with the intensified influenza-like illnesses surveillance or active case finding, and our random community testing with RAT and PCR,” he added. But while there is now a backlog in COVID-19 testing, data from DOH-7 showed a downtrend in the number of specimens that were submitted to Cebu laboratories from May 11 to 14.
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