{"id":254819,"date":"2020-05-14T05:16:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T09:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=254819"},"modified":"2020-05-14T05:16:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T09:16:33","slug":"govt-to-finish-test-backlogs-in-2-weeks-dizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/14\/govt-to-finish-test-backlogs-in-2-weeks-dizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to finish test backlogs in 2 weeks: Dizon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_251862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251862\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/person-holding-test-tubes-3735747.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-251862\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/person-holding-test-tubes-3735747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/person-holding-test-tubes-3735747.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/person-holding-test-tubes-3735747-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/person-holding-test-tubes-3735747-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/person-holding-test-tubes-3735747-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a Palace briefing on Thursday, Dizon said the government is addressing the issue of Covid-19 test backlogs by partnering with the private sector. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 National Policy Against Covid-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Vivencio Dizon said the government targets to finish the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) testing backlogs within two weeks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a Palace briefing on Thursday, Dizon said the government is addressing the issue of Covid-19 test backlogs by partnering with the private sector.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe private laboratories have agreed to accept the backlogs or those that have not yet (been) tested by different laboratories, like government laboratories, and they will test it in the next days. They actually started it today,\u201d he said in Filipino.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The government is also pushing for automation in testing to fast-track the results, Dizon said, adding that automation would increase capacity by 80 percent.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cMany of our laboratories in Metro Manila are experiencing backlogs because of mechanical defects and lack of supply. That\u2019s why there are delays in testing,\u201d he said, noting that the results of about 7,000 Covid-19 tests have not yet been released.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dizon, who is also the Presidential Adviser for Flagship Programs, and Bases Conversion and Development Authority president and chief executive officer, said the country has 30 testing laboratories.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The testing capacity also increased to 14,500 tests as of May 10, with actual daily testing of 8,700.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 National Policy Against Covid-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Vivencio Dizon said the government targets to finish the coronavirus disease 2019 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":251862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254819","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\/254819","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254823,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254819\/revisions\/254823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}