The Quezon City government targets initial 1,300 tests in areas with the highest number of persons under investigation for the coronavirus. COVID19PH
SWAB BOOTH. A health worker tries out a COVID-19 swab booth at the grounds of a city hospital. Photo from Quezon City Government Facebook page
Dr. Rolando Cruz, head of the QCHD Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, said people showing COVID-19 symptoms or “people with cough and colds, influenza-like symptoms… and acute respiratory infection" will be tested. Arias said the samples will be sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine for testing, with results expected to be released in 2 to 3 days.
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