Chief Implementer of the government’s response on the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 crisis General Carlito Galvez revealed that the government may soon conduct mass testing for COVID-19.
In a media briefing on Thursday, Galvez said that they are planning to test all persons under monitoring and persons under investigation starting April 14.
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“We expect that by April 14, we will be able to start massive testing of persons under investigation, monitoring,” Galvez said.
He added that there are now more hospitals who are accredited to conduct COVID-19 tests and the mass quarantine facilities are being readied in the next few days.
“We have now nine accredited hospitals and we are asking to expedite accreditation of more hospitals for COVID-19 testing. On the quarantine facilities, within the next 10 days we hope to convert the Rizal Complex, World Trade Center, PICC, and CCP as mass quarantine facilities,” Galvez said.
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Galvez added that the government wants to increase the recovery rate for COVID-19 patients.
“I am very confident we will increase recovery. We have over 500 COVID-19 patients located in our best hospitals,” he added.
