Coronavirus testing laboratories across the country have been stretching their operations up to 16 hours daily in a bid to detect and immediately isolate and treat COVID-19 patients. | DJEsguerraINQ
“Hindi lang RITM ang nagsi-16 hours , halos lahat ng rating subnational laboratories ng government. They already extended their hours of work to 16 hours,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online press briefing Tuesday.
Duterte ordered the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Science and Technology to hire more personnel and operate for 24 hoursThe health official likewise bared that RITM, the country’s main COVID-19 testing facility, is currently working on mapping out a plan for round-the-clock operations.
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