The Office of the Vice President is set to launch Swab Cab, a free mobile antigen testing project to help curb the spike in coronavirus cases in high-risk areas like Metro Manila. First batch of tests will be from privately donated funds,” Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo said. “But our office is ready to appropriate funds for more if urgently needed.”The mass testing project, which was made possible by Robredo’s anti-poverty program Angat Buhay, as well as private partners Kaya Natin! “Hopefully, this will prevent those asymptomatic and who have not yet been tested from further transmitting the virus,” Robredo said. The vice president said she would also meet with medical experts to make the Swab Cab project more effective.

Source: Manila Times March 29, 2021 16:24 UTC