RITM continues to accept COVID-19 test samples but only from Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Pasay City.
The country's main novel coronavirus testing center in Muntinlupa City has scaled down its test processing operations after at least 40 of its staff have tested positive for COVID-19.
"Sa ngayon po kasi because we are testing all the staff here, iyun po ang aming priority. 'Yung samples ng aming employees at lahat ng taong nagwo-work dito. So until matapos namin yun tsaka kami magpo-process ng external samples," RITM Director IV Dr. Celia Carlos told CNN Philippines' Balitaan. RITM is the facility that can process the most number of COVID-19 samples at 2,000 tests daily. But Carlos said there is a need to scale down operations.
"Around 40 something po ang nag-positive pero hindi naman po sila severely ill. 'Yung iba po mildly sick lang so naka-quarantine lang po sila dito sa aming dormitory facilities. 'Yung iba po na medyo serious ang symptoms, hindi naman very serious, nasa hospital po sila inadmit," she added.
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