CEB Opens 1st Airport Covid19 Laboratory in PH

The Reason Most Flight Diversions Went To Cebu
12 July 2020



Mactan-Cebu International Airport becomes the first airport in the country equipped with COVID-19 laboratory as it opened 400-sqm. of space capable of processing 1,500 to 3,000 RT-PCR tests a day.

Manila International Airport and Clark International Airport still relies on off-facility laboratory to do the RT-PCR testing of arriving passengers.

“We immediately embarked on the ambitious project of putting up the fastest built and accredited molecular laboratory with the capability to do mass testing and generate results in the quickest possible time,” MCIAA General Manager and CEO Atty. Steve Dicdican said on Saturday.

According to Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA), in partnership with the GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMCAC), this exclusive passenger laboratory will have test results as fast as 6 hours after swabbing.

DOTr said a separate molecular laboratory is being set up in Clark and NAIA in compliance with Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade directive for airports to have a molecular laboratory.



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