Published May 16, 2021, 7:30 AM
The Ayala group of companies has turned over to Marinduque the province’s first and only molecular lab which is expected to drastically cut down the waiting period for COVID-19 testing.
It usually to take 7 to 14 days to wait for COVID-19 test results since these have to be done through Manila-based laboratories.
Housed within the Marinduque Provincial Hospital in the municipality of Boac, the laboratory was designed and constructed under the supervision of AC Health and Ayala Foundation, with the assistance of Makati Development Corporation, the construction arm of Ayala Land Inc.
Since the pandemic started, Marinduque depended on laboratories in Metro Manila, particularly the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, to confirm COVID-19 cases.