QC to use swabbing booths for COVID-19 tests

Quezon City will now use swabbing booths to get a specimen from patients who will get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). | KHallareINQ

In photos posted Facebook Tuesday, the Quezon City government said that the swabbing booths would be placed in three hospitals: Quezon City General Hospital, Novaliches District Hospital, and Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital.

The local government added that the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Inc. and USHER Technologies helped with the project. “With the help of these booths, this will avoid the exposure of health workers and it will save hospitals on using personal protective equipment,” the city said in Filipino.All in all, the Philippines has

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