MANILA: The Philippines launched on Sunday (May 10) a COVID-19 testing lab that China's biotech company BGI Group helped set up to ramp up the country's testing capacity. The Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded the pandemic sub-national reference laboratory.
MANILA: The Philippines launched on Sunday a Covid-19 testing lab that China's biotech company BGI Group helped set up to ramp up the country's testing capacity.
The lab can conduct 3,000 tests daily. With its help, the Philippine government's testing capacity will now improve to 10,000 daily. Tan said the completion of the lab is the result of the joint cooperation between China and the Philippines in the efforts to combat Covid-19.With the increased testing capacity, Duque said the Philippines can now detect, identify and isolate those who contract the virus."The lab is very significant because it can boost our target to test more people," he added.
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