PRC Begins Offering COVID-19 Testing Using Saliva Samples

PRC saliva COVID-19 test

PRC started offering COVID-19 testing using saliva samples. Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Molecular Laboratory head Dr. Paulyn Ubial on Monday said that PRC laboratories were open to conduct COVID-19 tests using saliva samples. Ubial said in an interview on GMA Network’s Unang Hirit that the COVID-19 test can be availed of via online booking or … Read more

PRC Begins Pilot Run Of Saliva-based COVID-19 Testing

Senator Richard Gordon

PRC began the pilot run of its saliva-based COVID-19 testing The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Tuesday launched the pilot run of its saliva-based COVID-19 testing in the Philippines. This, as saliva-based COVID-19 testing was seen as a “less invasive” and cheaper alternative to swab tests. PRC chairperson Senator Richard Gordon told reporters in a … Read more