Taguig City has so far conducted 18,503 RT-PCR tests for the coronavirus disease 2019 since the outbreak in January, Mayor Lino Cayetano said. | cgonzalesINQ
Cayetano said this figure, as of July 12, comprises 2.31 percent of the total population in Taguig, which
of the national government to test 1.5 to 2 percent of the total population in the country for COVID-19.“We are happy to report that we are now at 2.31 percent. We have conducted 18,000 tests,” the Taguig mayor said in a press briefing. “We commit, Sec. Vince, Sec. Charlie, to your goal of 10 percent by the end of the year. We will continue to be aggressive,” Cayetano added, referring to National Action Plan against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Secretary Vince Dizon and National Task Force against COVID-19 chief implemented Secretary Carlito Galvez.
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