DAGUPAN CITY –– The City Health Office started a four-day risk-based testing of Dagupan’s frontliners battling the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday, beginning with 144 medical frontliners at the Dagupan Astrodome. Dr. Ophelia Rivera, the city’s focal person on COVID 19 issues, said specimens taken from the frontliners would be sent to the Philippine Red Cross laboratory in Manila every afternoon. ADVERTISEMENTMayor Brian Lim said the Red Cross offered the services of its SARS-CoV-2 laboratories under an agreement. “We are at a certain level of risk because of the nature of our job,” Lim said. Read NextEDITORS' PICKMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 27, 2020 09:11 UTC