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Rapid test caused COVID-19 surge? 'Speculative,' says doctor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 01:18 PM

There is no evidence that rapid test kits spurred coronavirus infections, a doctor said Friday, as she pushed for its continued use in workplaces while authorities sought to lift the economy from recession.    Read more »

Who gets coronavirus vaccine first? Philippines needs 'foresight', says governor

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 11:00 AM

The Philippine government should have "foresight” on how it will administer to 110 million Filipinos the coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, a governor said Thursday.  Read more »

Cavite's COVID-19 plans: 10,000 coronavirus tests a day, free WiFi, vaccine ID system

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 12:55 PM

Cavite is eyeing 10,000 coronavirus tests a day, offer free internet access to students and roll out an ID system for the distribution of a vaccine against COVID-19, the province’s governor said Thursday.  Read more »

How to test more people for coronavirus without actually needing more tests

Quoctrung Bui, Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 29 07:44 AM

Instead of running a test for each person, laboratories could pool together tests from small groups of people and analyze them all at once. Read more »

Gov't eyes COVID-19 'pool testing' for Metro Manila residents

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 03:27 PM

The government eyes using "pool testing" to detect the presence novel coronavirus among Metro Manila residents, an official leading the effort said Thursday.  Read more »

'Joke only': Duterte kidding when he urged disinfection with gasoline, says spox

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 01:25 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte made a "joke" when he urged the public to reuse and disinfect their anti-virus masks with gasoline, his spokesperson said Thursday.  Read more »

Coronavirus test result kailangan para sa ilang international flight: MIAA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 07:43 AM

Kailangan sumalang ng mga biyahero sa coronavirus test bago payagang sumakay sa ilang international flight sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport, sinabi ng pamunuan nito, Lunes.    Read more »

Manpower shortage is 'biggest challenge' in coronavirus testing: official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 16 12:58 PM

A shortage of personnel poses the "biggest challenge" to the Philippines' coronavirus testing drive, an official leading the effort said Thursday.    Read more »

The case for smarter coronavirus testing

Jane E. Brody, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 14 06:55 AM

Even 4 days after close contact with a person who is shedding the novel coronavirus, 40 percent of tests that come back negative will most likely be false.  Read more »

DOH nagbabala sa mga ilegal na COVID-19 testing center

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 11:27 AM

MAYNILA - Nagbabala sa publiko ang Department of Health laban sa mga iligal na coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing centers na gumagamit ng pangalan at logo ng DOH kahit hindi sila accredited.  Read more »

MRT tigil-operasyon muna simula Hulyo 7

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 06:56 PM

Tigil-operasyon muna ang MRT-3 simula Martes, Hulyo 7, kasunod ng pagdami ng bilang ng mga empleyado na nag-positibo sa coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Read more »

165 positibo sa rapid test sa mga ni-lockdown na barangay sa Maynila

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 09:34 PM

Umabot na sa higit 160 ang nagpopositibo sa rapid test para sa coronavirus disease mula sa 31 barangay na isinailalim sa lockdown sa Maynila.   Read more »

IATF OKs expansion of COVID-19 testing to include asymptomatic patients

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 01:41 PM

The government's inter-agency task force on pandemic response has approved the expansion of the country's coronavirus testing program to include those without symptoms of COVID-19, Malacañang said Friday. Read more »

Testing capacity ng bansa, lagpas na umano sa 50,000

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 10:38 PM

Lumapas na umano sa 50,000 ang testing capacity ng bansa para sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).   Read more »

Philippines' daily coronavirus testing capacity exceeds 50,000

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 02:30 PM

The Philippines can run over 50,000 tests for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) per day, the country's testing czar said Thursday as the government seeks to ramp up testing to include non-medical frontliners. Read more »

Solon seeks pooled sampling for coronavirus testing

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 21 10:14 AM

Former health secretary, now lawmaker Janette Garin said Sunday she has proposed pooled sampling strategy to increase coronavirus testing in local governments and workplaces. Read more »

DOH testing finally ramping up at above 10,000, but still nowhere near target of 30,000 a day

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics Team
Posted at Jun 09 09:09 PM

For 5 straight days, the Department of Health (DOH) and its accredited labs have managed to conduct over 10,000 tests per day. The bad news: the target was for 30k a day, and the due date for that was end of May. Read more »

Dapat mas maraming Pinoy ang isailalim sa COVID-19 test, ayon kay Gordon

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 05:02 AM

Iginiit ni Senator Richard Gordon nitong Martes na kinakailangang baguhin ang coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing strategy ng bansa sa nagpapatuloy na debate ng mga senador sa pagpasa ng Bayanihan to Recover As One Act. Read more »

DOH vows to address COVID-19 validation delays, testing backlogs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 10:55 PM

The Department of Health is playing catch-up as it works to address backlogs on both the testing and validation of cases. Read more »

Mass testing sa gov't offices ipinanawagan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 01 08:02 PM

Nanawagan ng mass testing ang grupo ng mga government employee ngayong nagbabalikan na ang mga manggagawa sa pamahalaan. Read more »