BREAKING: DOH finally green lights Marikina City’s COVID-19 testing
center

By: Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @CMarquezINQ
INQUIRER.net / 05:58 PM April 30, 2020

ALL SET FOR THE OPENING Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro
tours media around the city’s COVID-19 testing facility whose opening
has been delayed by the lack of the health department’s seal of approval.
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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has
finally given its go signal to Marikina City’s COVID-19 testing facility,
the local government announced Thursday.
“I had a talk with Sec. Duque two hours ago and the DOH
accreditation is already given to us,” Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro
told dzBB in an interview.

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Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire also confirmed the
development in a Viber message to reporters.
Teodoro said they are eyeing to open the testing center on Friday
morning as they still must complete the list of individuals who shall be
prioritized for the testing.

“It may open tomorrow morning. For tonight, we are still
finishing our list of priorities for testing. We will prioritize those with
COVID-19 symptoms, “he said when asked when the laboratory will be
opened for mass testing.
To date, Marikina City has 109 confirmed COVID-19 cases
including 22 patients who recovered and 18 deaths.Marikina City’s
molecular laboratory is located along Bayan Bayanan Avenue in
Barangay Concepcion Uno.
In this news the writer shows, the new testing center has a floor
area of 160 square meters and has no other offices sharing the
building.
The city government earlier planned to establish a testing site on
the sixth floor of Marikina City Health Office but DOH rejected the
proposal because it did not pass biosafety standards for molecular
laboratories that process COVID-19 test samples.