Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez disclosed on Friday that the private sector pledged to help increase the country’s COVID-19 mass testing capacity by setting up their own testing facilities for their employees.
Lopez emphasized that this move will add more testing facilities and testing kits in the country, thus benefiting the nation’s fight against the viral disease that has infected 7,192 individuals and claimed 477 lives based on the Department of Health's Friday tally. “If we allow the private sector to operate again, it might help in increasing the testing capacity and help the government," Lopez said in an interview with CNN Philippines’ Pia Hontiveros."They will augment whatever the government is doing in increasing the testing capacity."
Lopez encouraged the business sector to use the polymerase chain reaction test in assessing if their employees have contracted the lethal virus.Pero ang bilangan, nandoon sa[Translation: That is the basis of the capacity. The rapid test is basically aiding only. But the real count is based on the PCR.]
The trade czar expressed hope that the business sector's initiative will help the national government achieve its target of 17,000 tests per day by May 15.In a taped TV message aired Friday morning, President Rodrigo Duterte announced theSome areas in the country such as
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