MANILA, Philippines — The government is targeting to conduct 100,000 COVID-19 tests per day through the combined use of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests and rapid antigen tests following the latest surge of coronavirus infections, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday.
“The target would be as what the experts would say, we should be targeting 100,000 tests per day, and that is the objective. We are adding the rapid antigen test in our methodology so that we will be able to reach that target,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel.
According to Vergeire, the country has conducte…
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