The Project Antibody Rapid Test Kits or ARK is ramping up its mass testing of workers in private companies as the country eases into the “new normal’’ and a relaxed community quarantine. | JMAurelioINQ
“If you use it the right way, you will be able to catch the people who are a threat to society,” she said.
So far, Project ARK has carried out 31,281 rapid antibody tests in Manila, Makati City, Quezon City, Pasig City and Antipolo City, of which 1,644 or 5.2 percent tested positive. “We have also distributed 500,000 rapid antibody test kits to different companies and barangays which are the recipients of donated test kits from the private sector,” she said.
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