MANILA, Philippines — Thirty-one employees of the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa City have recovered from the coronavirus disease while nine others are still awaiting their second negative result, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) disclosed Saturday. “Thirty-one of them (RITM workers) already had two negative examinations. The health official further said they hope RITM can increase the number of tests with the new Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) machines. Vergeire said DOH will provide more workers for the Muntinlupa-based laboratory as they get more volunteers. The RITM previously scaled down its laboratory operations after 40 employees tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 25, 2020 11:18 UTC