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Health facilities offering COVID-19 swab tests for P1,750 to P2,000
By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA NewsMalacañang on Tuesday released a list of health facilities that offer COVID-19 swab tests for P1,750 to P2,000.
The health facilities are as follows:
- Philippine Children's Medical Center in Quezon City
- Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in Caloocan City
- Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga
- Perpetual Help Medical Center in Las Piñas City
- National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon City
- Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City
- Western Visayas Medical Center in Iloilo City
- Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City
- University of Cebu Medical Center in Mandaue City
- Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center in Tacloban City
- Baguio General Hospital in Baguio City
- Zamboanga City Medical Center in Zamboanga City
- St. Paul's Hospital in Tacloban City
- Teresita L.Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, Negros Occidental
- Cebu Molecular Laboratory in Cebu City
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“All these hospitals are now equipped to perform both individual and pooled testing at a reduced cost, and are capable of producing and releasing test results within 48 hours,” the Palace said in a press statement.
“With pooled testing, [the] cost of swab test can be reduced to P550-P1,000 depending on the prevalence.”
The RT-PCR or swab test remains the gold standard for confirmatory testing because it detects the virus that causes COVID-19.—AOL, GMA News