Lucio Tan donates P15M lab for 4K daily COVID tests

The Lucio Tan Group is donating a P15 million biomolecular laboratory with a daily capacity of 4,000 coronavirus tests to the Philippine Red Cross.

Expected to be completed within a month, the lab in Batangas City will use automated RNA Extraction and PCR machines capable of detecting other diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV.

The new facility aims to boost the country's defenses against COVID-19 by quickly identifying, isolating, and treating positive cases.

In addition to this donation, the Lucio Tan Group has provided 40 ventilators, five PCR machines, two ambulances, and one x-ray machine to various hospitals across the Philippines.