Under the Food and Drug Administration Advisory number 2021-0104, FDA issued a memo last January 21 that there is no FDA certified Covid-19 test kits for self administration. photo from freepik.com The memo reminds "all healthcare professionals and the general public are advised not to purchase and...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) has commercially launched its P700 Test Before Boarding (TBB), the lowest rate in the industry so far, for passengers flying from Manila. The antigen test is taken just hours before the scheduled time of departure, with results released within 30 minutes. At present, the TBB...
Everyone is itching to travel again, but a lot of people are considering reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction or RT-PCR tests to be their modern-day blockade. The reasons are valid: It takes up a huge percent of their travel expenses, and it’s literally a matter of leaving it all up to...
Pre-Covid, we would all be busy planning our family travels by now. But we have to face the fact that Covid-19 is here to stay for a little longer, so precautions have to be made, including that of taking the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test prior to your flight. Here are some of the...
The Test Kitchen throws a special dinner celebrating its first anniversary in its new location at One Rockwell In November last year, Josh Boutwood ’s The Test Kitchen moved to a new, better location at One Rockwell in Makati. It wasn’t only a change of address, the chef also decided upon...
By now, someone we know has been infected with Covid-19, and it has gotten real with less than three degrees of separation. It has hit closer to home for Kris Aquino , with an Instagram post update of what has happened within her circle. View this post on Instagram “It’s been a scary month,...
The DOST-funded GenAmplify test kit. Photo courtesy of Department of Science and Technology After being recalled over “minor defects” in May, the country’s first locally developed test kit for Covid-19 is now ready for commercial use. The Department of Health made the announcement...
