Ayon kay Cabinet Secretary at IATF co-chairman Karlo Alexi Nograles, ito ay ang antigen tests.
“Of course alam natin meron gumagamit ng rapid test kits. But there’s also a new technology, which is also lab-based, but will have a faster turnaround which is the antigen test. The antigen test is another technology that we recently discussed in the IATF and we’ve sent it to the technical working group to put forth the literature and the procedures needed for that antigen to be rolled out in our laboratories. If that anti gen testing will be approved and the protocols be approved by the IATF, that will help ramp up and increase yung testing natin per day,” ayon kay Nograles.
Sa ngayon nasa 21,000 na COVID tests ang nagagawa ng bansa.
Una rito, sinabi ng Food and Drug Administration na hindi reliable ang antigen test gaya ng polymerase chain reaction tests.