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Pooled testing only works in areas with little incidence of COVID-19: DoH
The Department of Health (DOH) stated that pooled testing for COVID-19 is not efficient in areas with high prevalence of the virus.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that using pooled testing in areas with many cases or clusters would defeat its purpose, as individual re-testing would still be necessary.
Pooled testing involves grouping multiple samples together to optimize laboratory capacity, allowing all samples to be considered negative if the combined sample tests negative.
Vergeire suggested that this strategy could be effectively implemented among specific sectors like vendors and bank tellers to save on testing kits and time.
The evaluation of the pilot run for pooled testing is anticipated to conclude the following week.
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