DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) has set a price cap for the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on Department Circular No. 2021-0374, it stated that the new price cap will be effective on Sept. 6, 2021. “Pursuant to the...
The United States government has turned over RT-PCR extraction kits equivalent to 3,000 tests to the Philippine Genome Center to help strengthen COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) testing and genomic surveillance capability in the country. In a virtual ceremony on Friday, Aug. 27, U.S. Agency for...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered to cut the test prices of the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) to a range between 450,000 rupiahs (some 31.24 U.S. dollars) and 550,000 rupiahs from the previous maximum of 900,000 rupiahs set by the Health...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH) to conduct free COVID-19 testing in highly dense communities where cases of the Delta variant are predominant. Binay said a free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test...
The Philippines has administered 29.1 million doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, with over 12 million individuals already fully vaccinated against the disease, National Task Force Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said Thursday, Aug. 19. A vaccinee shed tears as she had fear of...
The country's premier humanitarian organization is nearing the four million-mark milestone when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing. Saliva test for COVID-19 (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “This is what I always tell the Red Cross staff and volunteers: 'Predict, Plan, Prepare,...
Vice President Leni Robredo tested negative for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after her exposure to an infected person last week, she announced on Sunday, August 1. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Speaking on her weekly radio show, “BISErbisyong Leni,” Robredo shared how lucky she...
Deputy Speaker and Misamis Occidental 2nd District Rep. Henry Oaminal on Monday, July 26 decided to leave the House of Representatives despite getting “negative” results in two COVID-19 tests he took since Sunday. COVID 19 tests Oaminal said he decided to participate in yesterday afternoon’s...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) warned the public on Monday, July 19, against a false website claiming that its medical personnel are conducting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests for a certain fee. The false website that claims PCG medical personnel to conduct coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on Friday, July 16 urged health facilities to lower the cost of their swab tests to encourage more people to travel and hasten the recovery of the tourism industry from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Jansen Romero/ File...
DAVAO CITY - The city government of Davao will still require inbound flight passengers to show an RT-PCR negative test requirement even as local government units were given by the prerogative by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to utilize...
Following concerns from experts and local government units (LGUs), the national pandemic task force has allowed LGUs to keep requiring a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result for fully vaccinated travelers but said vaccination cards were still a sufficient...
