RITM Won’t Disappear When DOH Creates Virology Institute RITM WON’T DISAPPEAR – According to health secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) won’t be abolished but be placed under a bigger institution. Currently, the RITM is responsible for genome tracking and testing for new variants of COVID-19. However, due to a … Read more
Magalong Air Dismay to RITM who Donate 50K Expired RT-PCR Test Kits to Baguio City Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong air dismay Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) who donate expired 50k RT-PCR test kits. Magalong handed over the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kits donated by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) … Read more
RITM Say Philippines Lacks Enough Coronavirus Test Kits CORONAVIRUS – Research Institute on Tropical Medicine (RITM) said the Philippines lacks enough coronavirus test kits. The Philippines is one of the high-risk countries from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). It is the first country outside China to witness a death due to the deadly virus. The first … Read more
6 Suspected Coronavirus Cases Reportedly Confined in Tarlac Hospital SUSPECTED CORONAVIRUS CASES TARLAC – The authorities confirmed that there are suspected cases of nCoV in Tarlac now. The alarm that the 2019 novel coronavirus caused did not only affect China but several other countries as well. These nations include the Philippines which has now at … Read more
