CLARK FREEPORT — Senator Richard Gordon recently inspected the ongoing construction of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Molecular Laboratory here.
Gordon, also chairman of the PRC, inspected the soon-to-open facility on Friday, June 19, along with National Action Plan Against Covid-19 Deputy Chief Implementer and Bases Conversion and Development Authority President and Chief Executive Officer Vince Dizon.
According to Gordon, the PRC laboratory can process up to 2,000 COVID-19 tests per day with its two reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) machines.
“Once fully operational, the lab will strengthen implementation of expanded targeted testing in Central Luzon, especially in Pampanga and Tarlac,” Gordon said.
The laboratory will also be used in processing tests of Filipino repatriates arriving in Clark International Airport and patients staying in “We Heal As One” Centers at the Asean Convention Center and New Clark City.
Also present during the inspection were Pampanga Governor Dennis Pineda, Tarlac Governor Susan Yap, Bamban Mayor Jose Antonio Feliciano, Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority General Manager Undersecretary Arturo Garcia, PRC Secretary General Ma. Elizabeth Zavalla and former Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial.
Central Luzon has three operational Covid-19 testing facilities namely Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital’s Pandemic Sub-national Reference Laboratory, 1Bataan-Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center RT-PCR Laboratory and GreenCity Medical Center Molecular Pathology Laboratory.
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