5,000 coronavirus test kits arrive in Iloilo
A shipment of 5,000 coronavirus test kits arrived in Iloilo City on Wednesday, March 25.
The Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) will soon start operations as an accredited testing center for COVID-19, relieving testing bottlenecks in other labs.
DOH regional director Marlyn Convocar announced that WVMC is now ready to accept specimens and immediately started examining them on Tuesday.
The hospital will adhere to the DOH Decision Tool to test patients under investigation with severe symptoms, elderly individuals, and those with co-morbidity.
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