A laboratory testing center for coronavirus would be set up by Marikina as stated by Mayor Teodoro on March 16 , 2020 .
On March 16 , Mayor Teodoro announced that around 3,000 testing kits would be procured and that Marikina will assemble a laboratory testing center , in partnership with Manila Health Tek and the Philippine National Institutes of Health , to test `` patients under investigation '' ( PUIs ) and `` patients under monitoring '' ( PUMs ) for COVID-19 .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Metro Manila