The Department of Health on Saturday allayed concerns that a new COVID-19 variant detected in France appears to be difficult to be detected even by polymerase chain reaction testing. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire maintained that the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test remains the gold standard in detecting SARS-CoV-2. “Ito pong article na lumabas …

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