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PH’s Covid-19 testing capacity now over 5K daily
The Philippine Medical Association (PMA) urged the Department of Health (DOH) to expedite the accreditation of COVID-19 testing laboratories due to insufficient testing centers.
As of May 3, the country's daily testing capacity has reached 5,264, surpassing the previous day's 4,501 tests, with two new licensed laboratories' output not yet included.
The DOH aims to increase daily testing capacity to 9,500 with the operationalization of Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital and targets 30,000 daily tests by the end of May.
As of May 3, a total of 113,574 unique individual tests have been performed, with 11,917 positive cases.
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