Sa update ng Department of Health (DOH) hanggang May 23, ang National Kidney and Transplant Institute ang bagong laboratoryo na umabot sa Stage 5 para makapagsagawa ng COVID-19 testing.
Dahil dito, umakyat na sa 34 ang mga lisensyadong COVID-19 testing laboratory sa bansa.
Narito ang iba pang COVID-19 testing laboratories sa bansa:
– Research Institue for Tropical Medicine
– San Lazaro Hospital
– UP National Institutes of Health
– Lung Center of the Philippines
– St. Luke’s Medical Center – QC
– The Medical City – Ortigas
– Victoriano Luna – AFRIMS
– Detoxicare Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
– St. Luke’s Medical Center – BGC
– Makati Medical Center
– Philippine Red Cross
– Chinese General Hospital
– PRC-PLMC
– Philippine Genome Center – UP Diliman
– Marikina Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
– UP-PGH Molecular Laboratory
– Singapore Diagnostic, Inc.
– Asian Hospital & Medical Center
– PNP Crime Laboratory
– Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center
– Ilocos Training Regional Medical Center
– J.B. Lingad Memorial Hospital
– De La Salle University – Cavite
– Lucena United Doctors Hospital and Medical Center
– Bicol Regional Diagnostic and Reference Laboratory
– Western Visayas Medical Center
– Allegiant Regional Care Hospital
– Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
– Cebu TB Reference Laboratory
– Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center
– Divine Word Hospital
– Zamboanga City Medical Center – DA Satellite Lab
– Southern Philippines Medical Center
Samantala, walo naman ang mga lisensyadong Gene Xpert laboratories.
Kabilang dito ang mga sumusunod:
– Zamboanga City Medical Center
– Cagayan Valley CHD TB Reference Laboratory
– Dr. Jose B. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (TALA)
– Lung Center of the Philippines
– Tondo Medical Center
– Northern Mindanao Medical Center
– Ospital ng Palawan
– Cotabato Regional Medical Center
sa datos pa ng DOH, 120 ang bilang ng laboratory applications.
Nasa kabuuang 93 naman ang mga laboratoryo na nasa stage 3 at pataas.