Gov't to expand COVID-19 testing to asymptomatic, frontliners
The government aims to expand COVID-19 testing, including asymptomatic individuals and other frontliners like media personnel.
Despite a daily testing capacity of 42,000 as reported by President Duterte, only around 11,500 tests were conducted on average in mid-June.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the use of 10 million RT-PCR test kits to fully implement this expanded testing strategy.
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