MANILA, Philippines — Machines being used by the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) to identify if certain COVID-19 positive samples are cases of variants of concern (VOCs) have been contaminated, delaying the release of genome sequencing results.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire disclosed this Wednesday and said PGC recently wrote to the Department of Health (DOH) saying they need to conduct maintenance procedures for the machines following the contamination.
“Nagkaroon ng contamination ‘yung kanilang mga makinang ginagamit so kailangang magkaroon ng preventive maintenance and they are trying to address the issue,” she said in an online press briefing.
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