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Where can you get tested for COVID-19 in the Philippines?

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Arianne Merez and Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA (UPDATE) as of May 28, 2020)- The Philippines is stepping up its testing capacity for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as more cases of the disease are recorded in the country.The Philippines already has polymerase chain reaction-based COVID-19 testing centers in the following areas:<div>LUZON:</div>NCR * Research Institute for Tropical Medicine * San Lazaro Hospital * UP National Institutes of Health * Lung Center of the Philippines * St. Luke&#x27;s Medical Center- QC * The Medical City - Ortigas * Victoriano Luna -AFRIMS * Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory * St. Luke&#x27;s Medical Center - BGC * Makati Medical Center * Philippine Red Cross * Chinese Gen. Hospital * PRC-PLMC * Philippine Genome Center UP-Diliman * Marikina Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory * UP-PGH Molecular Laboratory * Singapore Diagnostic, Inc. * Asian Hospital &amp; Medical Center * PNP Crime Laboratory * National Kidney and Transplant InstituteCAR * Baguio General Hospital and Medical CenterRegion I * Ilocos Training Regional Medical CenterRegion III * J.B. Lingad Memorial HospitalRegion IV-A * De La Salle University - Cavite * Lucena United Doctors Hospital and Medical CenterRegion V * Bicol Regional Diagnostic and Reference Laboratory<div>VISAYAS</div>Region VI * Western Visayas Medical CenterRegion VII * Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center * Allegiant Regional Care Hospital * Cebu TB Reference LaboratoryRegion VIII * Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center * Divine Word Hospital<div>MINDANAO</div>Region IX * Zamboanga City Medical Center - DA Satellite LabRegion XI * Southern Visayas Regional Medical CenterThere are also several GeneXpert laboratories in the country. These labs use test kits that are still PCR-based but yield faster results. Tests reportedly run for less than an hour.GENEXPERT LABORATORIES *Cagayan Valley CHD GeneXpert Laboratory *Cotabato Regional Medical Center GeneXpert Laboratory *Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital &amp; Sanitarium (TALA) GeneXpert Laboratory *Lung Center of the Philippines GeneXpert Laboratory *Northern Mindanao Medical Center GeneXpert Laboratory *Ospital ng Palawan GeneXpert Laboratory *Tondo Medical Center GeneXpert Laboratory *Zamboanga City Medical Center GeneXpert Laboratory<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/12/20/philippines-covid19-coronavirus-disease-laboratories-as-of-may-12">READ: PH’s COVID-19 laboratories now at 30 with new GeneXpert labs</a></li></ul>

The Philippines is stepping up its testing capacity for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as more cases of the disease are recorded in the country.

The Philippines is stepping up its testing capacity for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as more cases of the disease are recorded in the country.

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Where can you get tested for COVID-19 in the Philippines?

Arianne Merez and Kristine Sabillo,

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Published Apr 03, 2020 11:03 AM PHT

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Updated May 28, 2020 09:28 PM PHT

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