Now the Inquirer has an article saying they don't work very well :
Some COVID-19 test kits from China yield inaccurate results, DOH admits
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the testing kits only showed 40 percent accuracy compared to the testing kits from the World Health Organization (WHO)...
(The first test kits China only showed 40 percent of accuracy. We did not use this.) The Chinese government earlier donated 100,000 testing kits to the Philippines. Vergeire, however, did not specify how many of the said testing kits showed inaccurate results.
so which donated tests are inaccurate? those sent by the Chinese Government or the ones sent by Jack Ma?
we are not the only country seeing problems with China's donations: LINK
Well, Singapore is sending 40 thousand test kits so that will help.
we are still in lockdown, with about 1000 cases in the entire Philippines and about 100 deaths. One case in our town was sent to the big city nearby.
the death rate in the elderly is about the same so far...but a lot of kids sick with bronchitis, probably RSV...
but a lot of people coming to the door asking for rice since they are out of work (and we sell organic rice and often donate it to the poor).
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