The country can now conduct 4,500 COVID-19 tests daily as health officials accredited another laboratory to start testing, the Department of Health says.
[Translation: Our lab team continues to visit those centers applying for licensing. Proficiency testing for stage 4 laboratories is also ongoing to ensure that their procedures are accurate.]
But Lopez said it is attainable if businesses will operate again since some companies want to procure test kits and even provide their own testing services. as of Friday. DOH maintained that the total number of tests include repeat tests and cases for validation.
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