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Pinoy scientists trace COVID-19 source in PH via genome sequencing; virus mutation seen

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 07:10 PM

Filipino scientists are now trying to trace the source of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, in a bid to get a clearer picture of the outbreak. 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 »

A third of the country’s COVID-19 tests were conducted by Philippine Red Cross - Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 10:23 AM

Around 301,000 tests for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been conducted by the Philippine Red Cross, accounting for about a third of all tests in the country, Sen. Richard Gordon, the organization’s chairman, said Sunday. Read more »

2 babaeng namemeke umano ng medical certificate, COVID-19 test results, tiklo sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 10:50 PM

Inaresto ng mga awtoridad ang dalawang babaeng sangkot umano sa pamemeke ng medical certificate at resulta ng COVID-19 tests na nag-viral sa social media. Read more »

VP Robredo says gov't yet to implement her COVID-19 proposals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 05:39 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said the virus and aid measures she proposed to Malacañang last month have yet to be implemented, contrary to the remarks of the President's spokesman that her suggestions have been enforced and were "nothing new." Read more »

Davao City to offer free COVID-19 test for airline passengers

Chrislen Bulosan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 11:04 PM

Two weeks since the resumption of domestic flights at the Davao International Airport, the city government is set to offer free COVID-19 testing for passengers who have arrived since June 8, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said Wednesday.   Read more »

PH COVID-19 cases dadami sa pagsasailalim ng datos sa validation: eksperto

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Posted at May 28 07:40 PM

Posibleng mas mataas pa nang 50 porsiyento ang bilang ng mga nagpositibo sa coronavirus disease 2019 kung isasama ang bilang ng mga nagpositibo sa sakit na sumasailalim ngayon sa validation. Read more »

‘Bilang ng mga naisasalang na COVID-19 tests araw-araw bumaba’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 07:29 PM

Mahalaga ang COVID-19 testing ngayon lalo't inirerekomendang ibaba na sa general community quarantine ang Metro Manila.  Read more »

‘Iyong profit set aside muna’: Lacson on allegations of overpriced COVID-19 testing equipment

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Updated as of May 23 09:23 PM

Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Saturday called on government officials to "forget their own pockets", stressing they should set aside their personal interests amid the pandemic. Read more »

Employers, not workers, should pay for mandatory COVID-19 tests: labor chief

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 12:44 PM

MANILA - Employees should not be compelled to pay if they are required to get screened for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) before reporting back to work, the country's labor secretary said.  Read more »

‘Bakit doble?’: Lacson quizzes DOH over price of testing machines, swabbing kits

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 08:31 PM

A private company bought nucleic acid extractors needed to process coronavirus tests for P1.75 million each, while the DOH got the machines for P4 million a piece, Lacson said in a Senate committee hearing. Read more »

Philippines eyes testing 2 million Filipinos for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 04:33 PM

The Philippines aims to test at least 2 percent of the population or 2 million people including up to 10,000 in the National Capital Region, an official said Tuesday. Read more »

COVID-19 test results ng 8,000 seafarer na naka-quarantine sa cruise ships inaantay pa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 09:51 PM

Hinihintay pa rin ng 8,000 seafarers na sakay ng mga cruise ship na nakadaong sa Manila Bay ang naghihintay pa rin ng resulta ng kanilang coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test. Read more »

WHO sees 'potentially positive data' on COVID-19 treatments

Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at May 12 08:06 PM

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 disease and said it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones. Read more »

DOH: 3 more facilities added to licensed COVID-19 laboratories

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 07:12 PM

To become licensed to run COVID-19 tests, a laboratory must pass the 5-stage process but only 23 have so far reached the fifth stage.   Read more »

Gov't eyes 30,000 daily COVID-19 tests in PH by end of May

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Posted at May 03 01:23 AM

The Philippines is planning to conduct 30,000 COVID-19 tests by the end of May in efforts to slow down the number of infections. Read more »

DOH ‘hopeful’ to reach 8,000 testing capacity soon, cites encoding delays

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 30 06:47 PM

MANILA — The Philippine government has targeted to reach 8,000 COVID-19 tests daily by the end of this month but so far, it has not even reached 7,000. Read more »

Coronavirus tests for workers only when necessary: DTI

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 11:31 AM

Only those that are "suspected" to have the disease and are showing symptoms will have to be tested for the disease, Lopez told DZMM. Read more »

Six COVID-19 testing labs to receive UP-NIH’s test kits this week

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 09:20 PM

MANILA — Six laboratories are scheduled to receive this week the COVID-19 test kits developed by the University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH), according to the Department of Health on Monday. Read more »

PH Red Cross lab raises to 16 Philippines' laboratories for COVID-19 testing

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 11:57 PM

The DOH on Wednesday said it will ensure the certification of more laboratories for COVID-19 testing until the country is able to run 8,000 tests daily by the end of April.   Read more »