The director of the Metropolitan Health Region, Israel Cedeño confirmed that the head of epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) Leonardo Labrador, and the regional head of public health Ana Lorena Chang Chevalier are part of the Board of Directors of the Sermedic company that  until last week  carried out swabs on Taboga Island

Cedeño said in Telemetro Reporta that an investigation was initiated for a possible conflict of interest

and to determine if the doctors used their influence so that the company would benefit.

The company was created in June 2020, in the midst of a pandemic.