Duterte endorses rapid test kits for Covid-19

Despite the initial disapproval of the Department of Health (DOH), Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte went ahead and advocated the procurement of rapid test kits to boost the country’s Covid-19 screening over the next three months, a strategy many other world leaders have recently implemented to great success.

The antibody test, currently receiving global attention, is American brand “Cellex,” distributed in the Philippines by LabX Corp.