{"id":253351,"date":"2020-04-28T05:38:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T09:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=253351"},"modified":"2020-04-28T05:38:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T09:38:35","slug":"molecular-labs-testing-centers-to-open-in-subic-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/28\/molecular-labs-testing-centers-to-open-in-subic-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Molecular labs, testing centers to open in Subic, Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_248681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248681\" style=\"width: 1534px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1486825586573-7131f7991bdd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248681\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1486825586573-7131f7991bdd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1534\" height=\"2301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1486825586573-7131f7991bdd.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1486825586573-7131f7991bdd-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1486825586573-7131f7991bdd-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1486825586573-7131f7991bdd-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1534px) 100vw, 1534px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He said the molecular laboratory and testing center in Subic is already finished while the same facility in Clark will be done by Wednesday. (File Photo: Drew Hays\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and Chief Executive Officer Vivencio Dizon said two molecular laboratories and testing centers will be opening in Subic and Clark.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">During the Laging Handa public briefing Tuesday, Dizon said the collaboration of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Department of Health, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the private sector targets to ramp up the testing capacity for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the molecular laboratory and testing center in Subic is already finished while the same facility in Clark will be done by Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), the testing facility in Subic is capable of processing up to 2,000 samples per day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The mass testing in Subic is expected to start by the first week of May, SBMA added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis (is) part of our initiative to build up our testing capacity so that in the next days, we can test more individuals throughout the country,\u201d Dizon said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Last week, PRC already opened two testing laboratories located in its headquarters in Mandaluyong City.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon said the third facility will be opening soon in its old headquarters in Manila.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As of April 27, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country reached 7,777, with 932 recoveries and 511 recorded deaths.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and Chief Executive Officer Vivencio Dizon said two molecular laboratories and testing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":248681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253352,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253351\/revisions\/253352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}