Philippine Red Cross Chairman and CEO Senator Richard J. Gordon (File photo)
MANILA – As of August 8, 2021, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has tested 3,749,152 for Covid-19, which is 21.80 percent of the country's total testing numbers, making PRC the country’s leading agency when it comes to Covid-19 testing.
"Even with the ECQ [enhanced community quarantine], this August, Red Cross has been testing 8,530 a day. Lagi ko sinasabi (I always say), we will not stop. Testing at vaccination ang ating sandata laban sa pandemyang ito (Testing and vaccination are our weapons against this pandemic)," PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Richard J. Gordon said in a media release Tuesday.
Of the total daily testing that PRC has made, 6,944 of them were swab tests while the remaining 1,586 were tested through the much cheaper saliva tests.
PRC's testing laboratories across the country have been working non-stop to accommodate the huge number of specimens needed to be tested. The premier humanitarian organization has testing centers in the following areas:
PRC Tower - Mandaluyong City
Philippine Red Cross Logistics and Multi-Purpose Center - Mandaluyong City
Port Area - Manila City
Subic Molecular Laboratory
Clark Molecular Laboratory
Batangas Molecular Laboratory
Cebu Molecular Laboratory
Bacolod Molecular Laboratory
Zamboanga Molecular Laboratory
Cagayan De Oro Molecular Laboratory
Isabela Molecular Laboratory
Surigao Molecular Laboratory
Passi Molecular Laboratory
These molecular laboratories are on top of the other sites used in collecting saliva specimens which are strategically located at malls and other public areas.
Gordon also said if need be, PRC will establish more satellite specimen collection centers, especially with the cases surging again across the entire country. (PR)
