Baguio testing well, not cheating to capture true situation – Mayor

Throughout the pandemic, Baguio City has ensured that its testing capacity remains high to capture the real coronavirus disease situation and act proactively.

“We do not cheat to make it appear that we have low cases.  We are consistently testing and targeting the vulnerable sectors,” Mayor Benjamin Magalong said.

The mayor said the number of tests done has a direct correlation to the number of positive cases because testing is a way to find who has the virus, especially since there are asymptomatic cases.

“If you do a lot of tests, the number of cases will increase.  Kaya yung iba dinadaya na.  To lower their cases, they lower their tests,” he said.

“But us here, hindi natin dinadaya.  Consistent tayo sa testing.  Mataas ang kaso natin pero okay lang kasi malaki ang nacacapture natin na mga positive cases at agad nating naa-isolate para di na makapanghawa pa,” he said.

Testing was further ramped up with the city combining RT-PCR tests with antigen tests to identify more infected individuals for early intervention.

Its latest daily testing average was 1,015. – Aileen P. Refuerzo