LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu - Isolation centers with a combined capacity of 900 to 1,000 beds are being prepared by the city government of Lapu-Lapu for residents who will test positive but remain
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Isolation centers with a combined capacity of 900 to 1,000 beds are being prepared by the city government of Lapu-Lapu for residents who will test positive but remain asymptomatic of COVID-19 during a rapid mass testing scheduled this Monday, May 4, 2020.
Security personnel will also be deployed in the centers to ensure that each facility is contained and none of the medical teams can go in and out of the centers to prevent contamination. Symptomatic COVID-19 patients are automatically brought to the DOH-designated hospitals, the mayor said. Once tested positive in the Rapid Mass Testing , the subject will undergo the second test which is the Polymerase Chain Reaction test, a more comprehensive test for final confirmation.
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