DOH: No 'mass testing', just 'risk-based testing' to get more people testedMANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government still has no plans to carry out mass testing to detect COVID-19 infections in the country, the Department of Health said, even as cases pile up at an alarming rate. “We have no plans to conduct mass testing. The government, since the start of this pandemic, has never advocated for mass testing because it sometimes leads to indiscriminate testing,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in Filipino during a briefing Monday. Mass testing, however, does not mean testing the entire population of the country. The Supreme Court even junked a petition that sought to compel the Duterte administration to implement mass testing.

Source: Philippine Star March 29, 2021 06:22 UTC