Capitol scraps rapid testing plan, pushes for PCR testing instead

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government has scrapped its plan to purchase rapid antibody test kits for its rapid targeted mass testing for coronavirus disease

Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said the province, instead, will focus its resources in purchasing additional kits for the polymerase chain reaction testing, the health department’s gold standard for diagnosing the coronavirus infection.Garcia said the move is to prevent the province from redundantly spending its resources for the test kits considering that results from rapid test kits will still need confirmation through the PCR testing.

“Mag-swab na lang gyud ta kay kadto gung rapid, kuhaan kag dugo, kung mo-positive ka, ipa-confirm man gihapon pod. Ipa-swab na pod, mao lang gihapon,” she added.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

cebudailynews /  🏆 8. in PH

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Cebu City breaches 500-mark with 73 new COVID-19 casesCEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has reached more than 500 cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) since its first recorded cases on March 28, 2020. The first confirmed cases were 19 individuals. A month later on April 28, 2020, Cebu City now has 548 cases of the deadly virus. Mayor Edgardo Labella said […]
Read more »

In Cebu City, around 89 percent of COVID-19 cases are from densely populated areasDensely populated areas in Cebu City are big contributors to the rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases here, data showed
Read more »

Ina napilitang iwanan ang mga anak matapos magpositibo sa COVID-19 sa Cebu
Read more »

Pakigumbati: Cebu Designers’ Initiative distributes 400 PPEs to COVID-19 frontlinersCEBU CITY, Philippines—About two weeks since they started their campaign, Cebu based architects already produced 300 suits and 100 isolation gowns which they distributed to frontliners who are
Read more »

Kaso ng COVID-19, naitala sa Daanbantayan sa Cebu
Read more »

18 Cebu provincial jail inmates test positive for coronavirusGovernor Gwendolyn Garcia says that the inmates were suspect cases after showing influenza-like symptoms. COVID19PH
Read more »