RITM makes mistake in COVID-19 Test for Congressman Erick Yap

It looks like the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine or RITM has made a big mistake in the COVID-19 test for Congressman Erick Yap.

There was a statement that was released showing that the facility had made a mistake on their test for the Congressman. It was apparently a “clerical error”.

This report was also verified and shared by the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

This in turn was shared on the publication’s Twitter account. Here’s an extra “resibo”

CONTEXT: After initially reporting that Yap tested positive for COVID-19, RITM on Friday night clarified that there was an “encoding error” in the lawmaker’s test results. #COVID19PH

Here’s the full story on RITM’s apology written by @GabrielLaluINQ. https://t.co/ln4tOCirMs

— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) March 27, 2020

Yap is the Congressman representing the ACT-CIS Partylist!

The test was done for a number of.reasons which may or may not include recent photos showing him together with COVID-19 positive Koko Pimentel. Regardless though, the initial result that was shared to the public reveals that Yap was positive with the novel coronavirus or NCOV or COVID-19.

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