MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is getting more supplies of COVID-19 test kits this week, which would help the Department of Health detect more cases of the new coronavirus. Health chief Francisco Duque III said on Monday that the Philippines is expecting the delivery of 5,000 to 10,000 rapid test kits from South Korea and 10,000 test kits from China in the coming days. Earlier, the Philippines received 500 test kits from South Korea and 2,000 from China. Last week, Duque told Philstar.com that only “about 200 to 250 people” are getting tested a day at the RITM. The Duterte administration’s economic team announced Monday a P27.1-billion spending plan to arrest the spread of the new coronavirus, which include the acquisition of testing kits.

Source: Philippine Star March 16, 2020 15:11 UTC