The national government is aiming to step up its daily testing capacity for COVID-19 to 50,000 once it reached the 30,000 target at the end of May, says coronavirus testing czar Vince Dizon.
The government is aiming to step up its daily testing capacity for COVID-19 to 50,000 once it reached the 30,000 target at the end of May, said coronavirus testing czar Vince Dizon.
He noted that private hospitals and laboratories, and organizations like the Philippine Red Cross contributed to the spike in the testing capacity. [Translation: Here we can lay out plans, such as the private sector’s assistance in increasing our capacity. First are the modular laboratories or pop-up laboratories that we would establish in strategic locations in the country.]
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