Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said the Philippines should reexamine its quarantine protocols for international travel , saying other countries have recently started easing their international arrival restrictions in light of recent developments in the coronavirus...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon said on Thursday, Jan. 20 that the saliva RT-PCR test for detecting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a "game-changer" for the country. Aside from swab testing, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) also offers...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Jan. 18 that the certification for home-administered test kits may be issued within seven to 10 days. (Jansen Romero / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) On Monday night, Jan. 17, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that they will issue a special...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s office will visit the cities of Antipolo and Makati this week to conduct free antigen testing service for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under its Swab Cab project. OVP’s Swab Cab resumes operations in Quezon City on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 due to the surge in...
Malacañang said that the new testing and quarantine protocols that the government's pandemic task force has set for travelers coming from "green" and "yellow" countries will apply retroactively to travelers who may have arrived in the Philippines before the policy took effect. PIXABAY / MANILA...
The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), private operator of Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1), has started rolling out its free random antigen testing among volunteering passengers of the rail line. LRT-1 This was in line with the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) directive to the railway...
The number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Muntinlupa has increased to more than 2,400 with the Department of Health saying that the likelihood that the highly transmissible Omicron variant is already in communities is very high. Data from the Muntinlupa City government showed...
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...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon appealed for patience and understanding on Wednesday, Jan. 12 to the public as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing at three PRC molecular laboratories in Metro Manila faced delays. (Photo from Philippine...
The country’s weakest links amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are testing and tracing, said a public health expert on Tuesday, Jan. 11. MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO Public health expert and former National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Anthony “Tony”...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and opposition senatorial bet Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Tuesday, Jan. 11, called on the Duterte government to provide free mass testing to Filipinos as the country suffers from the worst surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections. Vice...
The Las Pinas City local government is still offering free COVID-19 testing to residents who want to determine whether or not they are infected with the virus. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the city government is offering free RT-PCR and antigen tests from Monday to Friday at 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m....
