A photo of the Carbon public market courtesy of City Market Operations Division taken on August 23, 2020.
“We already have 837 samples as of October 4. And out of the 837 samples, eight samples tested positive. This means that we have a low positivity rate,” said Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of DOH -7, in a virtual press conference.Cebu City’s Carbon Public Market, which hosts over 4,000 vendors, was chosen as the pilot area for the pooled test initiative of the Project Antibody Rapid Test Kit .
Loreche told reporters on Monday that the initial results of the pooled swab testing showed a promising indication that the market is safe. “However, there is a catch. There’s an ongoing test which will last until Friday. After then only we can analyze everything,” said Loreche.