The Quezon City government said on Thursday that community-based testing for the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) will start next week to enable city health officials to administer proper health care and determine the accurate number of people afflicted by the virus.
With next week’s mass COVID-19 testing, Quezon City Health Department head Dr. Esperanza Arias hopes to reduce the number of such cases to manageable levels in the locality.
The local government will obtain additional 1,500 test kits through its partnership with the Philippine Red Cross next week. It is also in the process of procuring 10,000 swab kits and universal transfer mediums, where samples will be placed for testing. Testing centers will be equipped with swab booths that could provide protection for healthcare workers and help save on personal protective equipment at the same time.
If the partnerships with various hospitals are finalized, Arias said waiting time will be drastically reduced to about an hour.
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