SMC hands out machines and kits to DOH for mass testing

By Leobert Julian A. de la Peña

The San Miguel Corporation (SMC) donated five sets of testing machines and test kits to government centers through the Department of Health, aiming to help speed up mass testing for COVID-19.

SMC is giving out RT-PCR machines and high-throughput automated RNA extraction systems which will allow the government an additional 11,000 tests per day.

The testing kits given to DOH will cater to up to 20,000 tests per day, helping the government to come up with faster and more efficient action.

SMC added that the machines will be given by DOH to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) which will get two equipment.

“We are one with the government in wanting to curb the spread of the virus, and with enough capacity to test a greater number of people, we are optimistic we will be able to gradually and safely restart the economy,” SMC president and COO Ramon S. Ang said.

The SMC president added that they are working hand-in-hand with the government and they are willing to lend any help they will ask for the betterment of the country.