DOH says COVID19 test backlogs of 3,600 soon to be resolved
MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday said the country’s laboratories are now working on a backlog of around 3,600 COVID-19 tests.
Vergeire said the backlog has since gone down to 7,000 by Monday, and further to 3,683, as of Wednesday. “We have instructed them to reduce the backlogs in 2-3 days, as ordered by the Office of the President,” she said. “Binigyan namin s'ya ng strategies on how to do it. And, yesterday we saw the progress already. Nabawasan na tayo ng almost 40% of the backlogs that we had last Monday.”“And tomorrow, we can start fresh with our laboratories,” she said.
While Malacañang has said that the country’s more than 40 laboratories have a maximum testing capacity of 32,000 tests a day, the DOH said the actual testing is much lower because of various factors, including damaged equipment because of the recent typhoon.Vergeire said they had started helping the laboratories source supplies through the private sector.
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