6,000 UP-developed COVID-19 test kits now in stock 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ellalyn de Vera-RuizSome 6,000 coronavirus detection kits developed by University of the Philippines (UP) scientists are now in stock, UP President Danilo Concepcion said Friday. The SARS COV-2 detection kit being manufactured and stockpiled by Manila HealthTek, Inc. as the GenAmplify COVID-19 detection kit will cost around P1,320 per test, in contrast to the foreign kit which costs around P8,500 per test. “Around 200 GenAmplify™ kits can be produced in a week, and enough kits are in stock now for around 6,000 tests, with more orders for around 20,000 tests already expected,” Concepcion said. They will also disseminate information and communicate risks about COVID-19 to the members of the UP community and the public, and prepare the public for COVID-19 through public education.

Source: Manila Bulletin March 12, 2020 09:40 UTC