DOH says it is not restricting laboratories from releasing COVID-19 results
after Senator Richard Gordon said that at least one-third of more than 15,700 positive confirmed cases have not been informed about their status and have been dangerously increasing community transmission.
Under the DOH Administrative Order No. 2020-0013, it mandates that health facilities and disease reporting units, which include laboratories, to designate a COVID-19 Coordinator, who shall, among others, disclose laboratory results to attending physicians of concerned individuals. “All laboratory facilities shall provide official positive and negative results to patients and local government units through physical or electronic mechanisms, in order to facilitate immediate isolation, contact tracing, and other appropriate local actions,” it added.
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