Vivencio “Vince” Dizon, NAP COVID-19 deputy chief implementer and T3 czar, said the move was in line with the country’s increased testing capacity and laboratories.
[Translation: With the increased testing capacity, we can now expand our testing to asymptomatic COVID-19 suspects. As the pandemic lingers in our country and in the rest of the world, more than 50 percent of those infected will have no symptoms. Based on a study, these people can still infect others, so we need to expand and intensify out testing for asymptomatic persons.]
“Hindi na lang doctor at nurse kundi lahat ng frontliners gaya ng pulis, sundalo, barangay tanod, at iba pa ang mate-test [Now, not only doctors and nurses can be tested but all frontliners including cops, soldiers, and barangay watchmen, among others),” he said. Also included in the list are National/Regional/Local Risk Reduction and Management Teams, Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams, and barangay officials providing barangay border control and performing COVID-l9-related tasks.
“Ang Pilipinas ay isa sa mga bansa na hindi gumagawa ng supply at kits kaya pumipila pa tayo sa mga bansa na gumagawa nito [The Philippines is among the countries that cannot produce its own supply and kits, that’s why we have to buy from other countries that make these],” Dizon explained.
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