Manila, Oct. 22 -- To ease the experience of returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) in getting tested for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has made improvements to its "manual encoding" of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests.
In a statement on Thursday, the PCG said it has deployed more personnel to oversee Covid-19 tests for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at One-Stop Shops at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
It also deployed an information technology (IT) team to improvise an automated encoding system to replace its slower manual pre-processing.
It assigned a focal person for each of its partner RT-PCR laboratories.
"This is intended to ease coordinat...