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WHO told: Rush gauge of test kits

MJ BlancaflorbyMJ Blancaflor
February 15, 2020, 1:25 am
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The government will ask the World Health Organization to expedite the evaluation of locally-developed test kits used to confirm the presence of COVID-19 in patients, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Friday.

Developed by the University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health, the test kits are cheaper than the Japanese kits used by the Department of Health.

Duque said the UP-produced test kits would be vetted by the WHO “strictly for sensitivity and specificity.”

“We will have to apply the most stringent standards of accuracy and sensitivity,” Duque said.

“We hope to be able to expedite the validation process with the WHO so that as soon as it is validated, we can make these local test kits available for all hospitals for use under a physician’s discretion,” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.

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The Philippines is also waiting to hear from WHO experts on the building of laboratories that can be used for patients who are suspected carriers of COVID-19, Duque said.

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Alabang, Muntinlupa is the sole reference laboratory for COVID-19 testing as of now.

“We want a faster turnaround time rather than let patients wait it out longer in the hospitals where they have been classified as patients under investigation,” Duque said.

Palace Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Philippines has no positive case of Covid-19 at the moment because of the three confirmed cases, two have recovered and the third has died.

On Thursday, President Rodrigo Duterte called on Filipinos to trust and cooperate with the government in its fight against Covid-19.

President Duterte has imposed a travel ban on all foreign nationals from mainland China, its administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macao, as well as Taiwan.

Filipinos and foreigners with permanent resident visas are allowed to return to the Philippines but need to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

The DOH on Friday reported that another patient under investigation who was among those being monitored died of a heart attack, but clarified that the patient was negative for COVID-19.

“We are glad that most of our PUIs tested negative for 2019-nCoV. While this is very welcome news, we at the DOH will continue our preparations for the possibility of local transmission,” Duque said.

As of Friday, Duque said a 25-year-old woman repatriate was admitted to Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital due to fever and ear pain.

The patient, who tested negative for Covid-19, was managed as a case of outer ear infection.

Duque said the patient will be brought back to the New Clark City to complete the 14-day quarantine procedure.

Another repatriate, a 25-year-old woman, will be referred to the Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center today for further evaluation and management after exhibiting anxiety-related symptoms.

Duque said the other repatriates under quarantine remained free of the Covid-19 symptoms.

As of noon Friday, there were 386 patients under investigation who tested negative for the virus, and 66 had test results pending.

At present, there are 191 PUIs admitted at various health facilities.

A total of 260 patients have already been discharged including the two confirmed cases.

The Epidemiology Bureau, meanwhile, said that as of noon Friday, 218 of the 277 interviewed contacts of the first and second cases of COVID-19 have completed their 14-day home quarantine while 15 are still under home quarantine.

The 44 contacts who exhibited symptoms have been admitted to hospitals as PUIs.

On the third confirmed case, a total of 255 (34 percent) out of 740 contacts were traced, including co-passengers and individual contacts from hotels and hospitals.

At present, 172 (67 percent of traced contacts) have been interviewed. Of these, 93 have completed their home quarantine while 62 are still on home quarantine.

Seventeen symptomatic contacts have been categorized as PUIs and admitted for isolation and monitoring.

Also on Friday, the Bureau of Customes said it has expedited the release of face masks that can be used to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

In a statement, the BOC said that since January, it has been expediting the processing and release of shipments of face or surgical masks.

READ: 4 more Pinoys aboard cruise ship test positive

READ: Nations take drastic steps to rim spread

READ: Public warned: No cure for n-CoV; only hygiene

 

Macon Ramos-Araneta

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