ASEAN HEADLINES: MANILA- Saliva test finally begins

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Contributor 0 Comment ASEAN HEADLINES:, ASEAN HEADLINES: MANILA- Saliva test finally begins

Gordon gets first crack; 1,000 samples to be sent to DOH next week

posted January 11, 2021 at 01:30 am by Willie Casas

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) will be conducting 1,000 saliva COVID-19 tests starting on Monday as part of its study, an official said Sunday.

*PRC Chairman and Senator Richard Gordon*

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) will be conducting 1,000 saliva COVID-19 tests starting on Monday as part of its study, an official said Sunday.

The cheaper COVID-19 test has been found to have a “95 percent concordance rate” with the RT-PCR test, Dr. Paulyn Ubial, head of PRC biomolecular laboratories, said.The non-government organization presented this option to the Department of Health in October but received feedback just this month, he said.

“Now, they’re allowing us to release 1,000 additional samples that we’ll begin with Senator Richard Gordon as our pilot in our implementation Monday,” said Ubial in Filipino in an interview on ABS-CBN’s TeleRadyo.

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