Six passengers of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) have tested positive for COVID-19 on the first day of the random antigen testing on volunteering train riders.
(Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The MRT-3 started Tuesday, Jan. 11, the random swab testing of consenting passenge
An MRT-3 worker checks the vaccination card of a passenger at one of its stations. (PNA file photo) MANILA - Six passengers who have gone through the random and voluntary antigen testing at select stations of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) have tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. In a Laging Handa briefing, MRT-3 Director for Operations Michael Capati said a total of 48 passengers have so far been tested during the 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the four participating MRT-3 stations-North Avenue, Cubao, Shaw Boulevard, and Taft Avenue. "Iyong peak hour natin sa umaga, we generated 48 samples po ano, volunteer-42 po ang negative at anim po ang nag-positive (During our morning peak hours, we generated 48 samples from volunteers-42 have tested negative and six were positive)," Capati said. Those who tested positive, it said, were advised of their options and told to self-isolate, report to their local government unit (LGU), and consider a confirmatory reverse transcription-poly
More than 100 personnel of Metro Manila’s rail lines tested positive for COVID-19, officials announced Monday, amid the surge in new infections being reported in the country.