FILE PHOTO: A man spits in a small container using straw so his saliva can be collected and tested for the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, at the Philippine Red Cross headquarters in Port Area, Manila, on January 26, 2021. INQUIRER/ MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) exceeded the 3 million mark in COVID-19 testing on Sunday, three months after it hit the 2 million milestone in February.
“We at the Red Cross continue to remain diligent against this invisible enemy, by testing 24 percent of the country’s nationwide output and even accounting for 40 percent of total tests conducted during the recent surge,” said Sen. Richard Gordon, chair and chief executive officer of the PRC.
Data from the PRC show that it had conducted 3,010,432 swab tests as of Sunday since it began testing on April 14 last year.