As anxiety and frustration mount, widespread testing for COVID-19 has, almost overnight, become the common call of online political commentary, a bellwether of how well (or not) a government is dealing with the crisis.
“We approve kits that are registered and used in countries with advanced technology and wide experience with Covid-19. We want the people to have access to testing but of course, proper evaluation and safeguards will still be in place,” FDA director-general Eric Domingo said in a statement.