MANILA, Philippines — The government will continue to carry out its “risk-based” and “targeted” COVID-19 testing as experts do not recommend subjecting to COVID-19 tests a country’s entire population, testing czar Vince Dizon said Tuesday as he rejected calls for mass testing amid the surge in new COVID-19 cases.
“Lahat po ng eksperto sa Pilipinas at sa buong mundo ay hindi po nirerekomenda ang mass testing ng lahat ng buong populasyon ng isang bansa. Ang kailangan po natin ay risk-based at targeted testing,” Dizon said in an online Palace briefing.
(All experts in the Philippines and other parts of the world do not recommend mass testing of a country’s entire popul…
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