Some 500,000 rapid test kits will be distributed to more than 200 companies to test their workers for the COVID-19 and ensure that their businesses are safe for reopening.
He said the initiative was aimed at supporting the expansion of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction tests in government hospitals and selected private medical institutions.
The goal of Project ARK is to “make swab testing prices more affordable,” Concepcion said. “That is why we partnered with some government hospitals that can offer it at less than P1,700 per PCR test. In this way, we will be able to make it more accessible to everyone.”Part of Project ARK’s endeavors is a PCR initiative to help set up automated laboratories and upgrade manual laboratories with modern facilities.
Economic activity should start and must be accompanied by aggressive mass testing, using both antibody rapid and RT-PCR tests “to avoid another lockdown,” he said.
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