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Philippine Red Cross-Zamboanga City Chapter molecular laboratory (Photo courtesy of Celso Lobregat) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Once the sixth city government-owned molecular laboratory starts operations here, there is a possibility of granting free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests. Free tests will be subject to the policies that will be set by concerned departments such as the City Health Office and City Budget Office,according to Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Saturday. "We are thinking, subject to the policies that the City Health Office and the City Budget Office will come up with, to grant free RT-PCR tests to authorized persons outside residence and other essential workers of this city," Salazar said in a statement. The PHP14-million molecular testing center in Barangay San Roque is almost complete. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, earlier said it can run 300 tests per day. Personnel who will be assigned at the molecular laborato