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Manila begins targeted COVID-19 mass testing

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/04/13/20200324-ppe-health-workers-tondo-gc-1107.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Hospital front liners that consist of a nurse and security guards wear personal protective equipments as they man the entrance of the emergency room in the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center in Tondo, Manila on March 24, 2020. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - The Manila City government is now able to conduct targeted mass testing for COVID-19, its public information office said Monday.The Manila Health Department and the city&#x27;s 6 district hospitals can conduct 232 swab tests daily, according to the PIO. As of posting, the capital has conducted some 934 swab tests.MHD/Delpan Quarantine Facility — 50 tests per day Ospital ng Maynila — 20 tests per day Sta. Ana Hospital/MIDCC — 30 tests per day Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center — 50 tests per day Ospital ng Tondo — 17 tests per day Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital — 15 tests per day Ospital ng Sampaloc — 50 tests per dayThe tests will be processed by the Department of Health’s Research Institute for Tropical Medicine or the University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH).UP-PGH Director Dr. Gap Legaspi said the hospital can release test results in 2 to 3 days.Meantime, 3 COVID-19 patients in the capital will be sent to the recently-opened quarantine facility Ninoy Aquino Stadium, according to Manila City Health Officer Dr. Arnold Pangan.

The Manila Health Department and the city's 6 district hospitals can conduct 232 swab tests daily, according to the PIO. As of posting, the capital has conducted some 934 swab tests.

The Manila Health Department and the city's 6 district hospitals can conduct 232 swab tests daily, according to the PIO. As of posting, the capital has conducted some 934 swab tests.