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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday warned of false negative and false positive results from the use of self-administered Covid-19 test kits that did not pass through government screening. In a televised interview, FDA office-in-charge director general Oscar G. Gutierrez, Jr. said a false negative Covid-19 test result…
Food and Drug Administration officer-in-charge Oscar Gutierrez MANILA - The use of self-administered Covid-19 test kits could ease the high demand for swab testing once they get regulatory approval and become widely available, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officer-in-charge Oscar Gutierrez said Thursday. In a televised public briefing, Gutierrez said the Department of Health (DOH) would release guidelines on the proper use of the self-test kits so thatpersons experiencing flu-like symptoms could be sure whether they are infected with the coronavirus. "At hindi na po sila pupunta sa m...