MANILA, Philippines — The government will further boost its daily testing capacity for COVID-19 by adding 30,000 antigen tests daily to augment RT-PCR testing in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), testing czar Vince Dizon said Monday.
He said the daily testing capacity is averaging 50,000 RT-PCR tests and this will be augmented by an additional 30,000 antigen tests.
However, the antigen tests will only be limited to the “NCR Plus bubble” or Metro Manila, Rizal, Laguna, Bulacan and Cavite, where there is a high prevalence of COVID-19 cases.
“Nag-desisyon po ang IATF [Inter Agency Task Force for the Managament of Emerging Infectious Diseases] na magdagdag tayo …
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