CITY OF MALOLOS, Sept. 4 -- hru swab testing facility for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in this province was opened on Friday in Guiguinto town in line with the continuing effort to curb the dreaded disease.

Guiguinto Mayor Ambrosio Cruz said interested motorists can avail of the drive-thru swab test for PHP3,500.

The specimens collected will be brought to the Joni Villanueva Molecular Laboratory in Bocaue and the result will be available within three days.

Cruz, also the president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Bulacan Chapter, said the molecular laboratory can perform 1,500 to 2,000 tests per day.

"Therefore, it can reach the minimum of 1 percent or 35,000 tests per month that must be performed in our p...