Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, March 19, emphasized the need for the country to learn from the lessons of the past to prepare for a possible Covid-19 surge in the future. Vice President Leni Robredo joins the Comelec presidential debate on Saturday, March 19, 2022. (VPLR Media Bureau) If...
UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque will push to improve the country’s deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing facilities if victorious this coming May. UniTeam Senate bet Harry Roque (FILE PHOTO) His reason for this is the increased demand for DNA testing specifically for the purpose of crime...
The Rizal Mega Testing Facility at the Ynares Event Center will temporarily cease operations starting on Monday, March 7. In a post on it’s official Facebook page, the provincial government said the decision was made to enable the medical frontliners and health workers to return to their original...
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...
A public health expert reiterated his call for the national government to prioritize the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, saying that this is an “essential pillar” to curb the pandemic. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) “Sana ginawa muna natin ang pagtitibay ng healthcare capacity....
Forget about the color-based risk classification of countries as far as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is concerned. The government's pandemic task force has temporarily suspended the classification of countries or territories as "green", "yellow", and "red", after it set new arrival protocols...
As part of its community-based drug rehabilitation program, the Pasig City government launched a mobile drug testing clinic on Thursday, Jan. 27. The Mobile Drug Testing Clinic (MDTC) will roam around Pasig City’s 30 barangays offering drug tests for persons who use drugs (PWUD). PHOTO COURTESY...
Malacañang said that the government's pandemic task force is "open" to having another round of discussions in an attempt to bring down again the prices of coronavirus (COVID-19) tests. (MB file photo) Last December, the Department of Health (DOH) set price caps of P2,800 for plate-based and...
Mass testing of individuals with the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) symptoms is a must with the highly contagious omicron variant spreading rapidly as evidenced by the soaring number of active positive cases of the virus in the country. League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) and...
The Quezon City (QC) government released on Saturday, Jan. 22, the guidelines to ensure that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing held in the city will be conducted safely and properly. "Private groups and other government agencies that want to conduct mass testing activities are very much...
The Quezon City government has acquired 100,000 rapid antigen test kits to expand its free COVID-19 testing program. The city government has decided to expand its free testing program to cope with the volume of individuals who would want to get tested at the soonest possible time for immediate...
The government's pandemic task force is now allowing the entry to the country of Filipinos going home from abroad who have recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) but still tested positive for it, subject to protocols. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement...
