(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Tinatantsa na kailangan ng 130,000 to 160,000 tests per day, pero ang average lamang natin ay nasa 50,000 per day (It’s estimated that 130,000 to 160,000 tests per day are needed, but our average is only 50,000 per day),” Dr. Esperanza Cabral said during the “Talakayang Bayan Para sa Kalusugan” organized by 1Sambayan.
“Sa ngayon kulang ang ginagawa nating testing para malaman kung sino ang may COVID, sino ang walang COVID dito sa atin (So far we’re not doing enough testing to find out who has COVID-19 and who does not),” she added.
The country is conducting an average of over 55,000 COVID-19 tests per day, according to testing czar Vince Dizon.