{"id":259034,"date":"2020-06-23T22:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T02:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=259034"},"modified":"2020-06-23T22:01:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T02:01:17","slug":"594k-covid-19-tests-conducted-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/23\/594k-covid-19-tests-conducted-in-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"594K Covid-19 tests conducted in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FILE: Medical personnel perform a swab test on returning overseas Filipino workers at the Palacio de Maynila along Roxas Boulevard in Malate, Manila on Sunday (May 10, 2020). (PNA photo by Avito Dalan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The government has so far conducted a total of 594,817 tests for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) across the country, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSa<\/em>\u00a0testing output, as of June 20,\u00a0nakapagsagawa<\/em>\u00a0na po tayo ng<\/em>\u00a0594,817 (Regarding our testing output, we have been able to conduct 594,817 tests as of June 20),\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a virtual press conference aired on state-run PTV-4.<\/p>\n

Roque gave the update as the government continues to accredit more laboratories for Covid-19 to boost the country\u2019s testing capacity.<\/p>\n

To date, the Department of Health (DOH) has accredited 63 laboratories nationwide that will conduct independent testing for Covid-19.<\/p>\n

About 43,750 test kits for 1.05 million tests have already arrived in the country, he said, adding that the government has also procured 239,857 test kits to enable it to conduct approximately 8,544,292 Covid-19 tests.<\/p>\n

To ramp up the country\u2019s testing capacity, Roque said there is the ongoing procurement of some 15,750 test kits that could be used to conduct some 1,293,750 tests for Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi pa po sapat ang ating mga kinuha. Meron pa po tayong limang<\/em>\u00a0ongoing bids\u00a0para sa<\/em>\u00a015,750 test kits\u00a0at ito po ay pupwedeng gamitin sa<\/em>\u00a01,293,750 tests (The test kits that we have already procured are not enough. We have five ongoing bids for 15,750 test kits and these can be used to conduct 1,293,750 tests),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier Tuesday, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country is now able to test more than 12,000 samples from suspect Covid-19 cases daily.<\/p>\n

Vergeire said the average Covid-19 tests were about 12,400, although testing fluctuates every day.<\/p>\n

On June 4, deputy chief implementer of the country’s National Policy Against Covid-19, Vince Dizon, said the government is planning to raise the country\u2019s testing capacity to 50,000 per day by the end of June.<\/p>\n

Roque said reaching the Covid-19 testing capacity of 50,000 per day remains the goal of the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cNgayon, ang<\/em>\u00a0goal\u00a0po natin ay<\/em>\u00a050,000 tests per day (Now, our goal is 50,000 tests per day),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, health authorities recorded 1,150 new cases, increasing the country\u2019s total confirmed Covid-19 cases to 31,825, of which 1,186 are deaths and 8,442 are recoveries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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