MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) has proposed to procure two additional genome sequencing machines and boost the country’s capacity to detect COVID-19 variants.
During the Laging Handa public briefing on Saturday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said each of the machines has a capacity to test up to 750 samples for genome sequencing.
“Tayo ngayon ay may move na para bumili pa ng additional machines na ganito para mas madagdagan. Ang mga machine na ito ay may capacity of testing 750 samples per run, so ito ‘yung ating proposal ng PGC,” she said.
(There are moves already for the procurement of additional machines. These machines…
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