Coronavirus: Philippines` locally-developed $26 test kit approved
(WorldNews Asia)

Highlights The COVID-19 testing kit developed by UP scientists has completed its field validation last April 1, Tuesday The Food and Drug Administration Philippines (FDA) was expected to issue the Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) for GenAmplify Corona Virus 2019 (COVID-19) rRT PCR Detection Kit on Friday, April 3, and will give the go signal for the rollout on Saturday, April 4. The test kits are dubbed as "cheaper, quicker" in delivering results A number of testing kits, which can do up to 26,000 tests, will be distributed for field implementation from April 4 to 25 Currently in production are testing kits that can accommodate up to 120,000 tests Also in this package...