DOH warns against unvalidated nCoV test kits
The Department of Health (DOH) warned against purchasing unvalidated test kits for the 2019 novel coronavirus online.
Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo stated that as of Wednesday, February 5, no rapid test kit has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Domingo emphasized that currently, only the WHO-approved protocol involving a long laboratory test at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) is reliable.
The DOH also stressed that even if the WHO validates certain test kits in the future, laboratories conducting these tests must prove their capability and biosafety measures.
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