Last week it was
reported that the national flag carrier Philippine Air Lines (PAL) have
suffered billions of losses brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, Lucio
Tan its owner had to dig deep in his pockets in order to stay it afloat.
As the country
continues to record a steady increase of coronavirus infected numbers, Lucio
Tan is making his presence felt as it was announced that he is donating a
bio-molecular laboratory with a capacity of 4,000 polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) tests per day.
The Philippine Daily
Inquirer reported the said donation, the COVID-19 testing lab will be located inside
the former blood center of the Philippine Red Cross in Batangas City.
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| For illustrative purposes only, not the actual bio medical lab (photo credit to owner) |
The said act of Lucio
Tan is in line with the government efforts to increase coronavirus testing int
he country.
The facility would
help the national government – Department of Health (DOH) to quickly identify
and isolate coronavirus patients,
Tan adds apart from
the COVID-19, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the said bio lab can also
detect other infectious and non-infectious diseases like hepatitis, cancer,
tuberculosis, malaria, HIV dengue and Zika.
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