Vice President Leni Robredo appeals for the inclusion of locally stranded individuals in the government's expanded COVID-19 testing after the procurement of 10 million test kits
Locally stranded individuals heading back to their respective provinces must be included in the government's expanded testing program, Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday.
"[Ang COVID-19] number one na pwede sanang ma-contain sa Maynila pero nagii-spread sa provinces kasi hindi natin pinapa-test ‘yung pinapabiyahe natin,"[Translation: COVID-19 can be contained in Manila but it is still spreading in the provinces because we have not been testing the ones who are allowed to travel back.]
With the RT-PCR tests, swabs of samples taken from the nose and throat are tested to find out whether a person has the coronavirus. It is considered by health experts as the"gold standard" in confirmatory testing. "Sana kung meron naman palang 10 million na test kits, sana isama na, kasi nakita ko yung listahan. Na kahit mga asymptomatic okay naman,""Nakita ko, economic zones, pero wala akong nakitang stranded passengers. Sana isama naman sila para di na ma-extend pa ‘yung hirap nila."
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