IN a bid to strengthen the local testing capacity and Covid-19 response efforts, the local government of Muntinlupa is set to open its own Molecular Laboratory in Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun) which is expected to process 100 tests per hour.

OsMun Director Dr. Edwin Dimatatac reported to Mayor Jaime Fresnedi and Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade the status of the city’s Molecular Laboratory during a virtual meeting of the local Covid-19 Response Team on October 27.