ASEAN HEADLINES: MANILA- Saliva test finally begins
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Gordon gets first crack; 1,000 samples to be sent to DOH next week
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 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.
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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.
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“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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