Hello everyone! I am quite upset because I was required to do the same thing(an 8 week sputum culture and a second x-ray after 3 months) on Apr 8th.. It was an email from Manila informing me to do these additional test.. I am going to do the test next week and I am so glad to find many useful information here. However, I never had any lung diseases and tuberculosis so I am quite sure I could pass the test.
From another thread of this forum(
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/additional-medical-tests-required.482312/) I found there are some people had the same fates as ours, and they even got their PPR on time (within 6 months from the date of AOR).. That's why I am thinking these time-consuming medical tests will not seriously delay our Express Entry cases...