The families of the Senate employees who earlier tested positive in a COVID-19 rapid test will also undergo testing, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. | CMRamosINQ
Should family members yield a positive result in the rapid test, they will also undergo a PCR-based test for confirmation of COVID-19 infection, according to the senator.
“Given circumstances, mass testing can only be accomplished by using rapid test kits. PCR-based tests are expensive at 3,500, not to mention the backlogs in running the tests which as per information provided by some government hospitals run up to tens of thousands at any given time, while rapid test kits only takes a few minutes to see the results,” he added.
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