More people have been accosted for supposedly violating quarantine protocols than the number of individuals tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the height of the pandemic in 2020, a coalition of medical groups said. Police officers inspect motorists’ identification cards at a...
Swab testing (Photo from Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) said that priority should be given to healthcare workers, senior citizens, and individuals with comorbidities when conducting reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) COVID-19 testing. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
The Quezon City (QC) government announced on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that the COVID-19 testing for symptomatic and close contacts slowed down due to an increased demand. “We observed a rapid increase in the number of people who want to get tested, mostly from those who experience symptoms such as...
A total of 190 personnel of Metro Manila's rail lines tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mandatory antigen testing amid a renewed surge in the number of cases in the capital region. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Transportation (DOTr) conducted on Monday,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, Nov. 16 pushed for regular COVID-19 tests for teachers after witnessing the start of the pilot implementation of limited in-person classes in select schools on Monday, Nov. 15. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture,...
Former Health Secretary and Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin on Wednesday, Sept. 15 reminded the government on the need to conduct aggressive testing and contact tracing as it starts to implement granular lockdowns under a new alert level system as part of its anti-COVID-19 measures. “No country in the...
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the proposal to test inbound travelers for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the seventh day of their quarantine, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, May 7. Passengers wearing face masks are seen at the...
