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Japan to strengthen border controls for travelers from China

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 04 04:15 PM

Prime Minister Kishida said Japan will strengthen border control measures for travelers from China amid a recent surge in novel coronavirus cases. Read more »

EU wants systematic COVID testing for passengers from China

Deutsche Welle
Updated as of Jan 04 10:50 AM

The 'overwhelming majority' of EU member states want passengers arriving from China to be tested for COVID-19. Read more »

China's mass testing is building a waste mountain

Matthew Walsh, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 20 12:04 PM

Experts say COVID-19 mass testing creates a sea of hazardous waste and a mounting economic burden for local governments. Read more »

WHO urges countries to continue COVID testing, surveillance

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 07:35 PM

WHO reminds countries to maintain good COVID-19 testing and surveillance in order not to lose track of the movement and evolution of the virus. Read more »

Hindi kailangan ng vax card, COVID test, face shield para makaboto: Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 08:27 PM

Pinaalala ng Comelec na hindi kailangan ng COVID-19 test o vaccination card para makaboto sa Mayo 9. Read more »

Chinese scientists develop '4-minute' COVID test

Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Feb 08 05:28 PM

Chinese scientists say they have developed a new COVID testing device that can return accurate results in 4 minutes and is as accurate as PCR tests. Read more »

Robredo urges public to stay home as COVID cases spike

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 08:39 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo reminded the public to stay at home as the surge of COVID-19 cases continued. Read more »

Official sorry for slow turnaround of COVID-19 tests

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 01:54 PM

An official overseeing the Philippine COVID-19 testing program apologized on Monday for the slow turnout of results. Read more »

FDA opens application for certification of self-administered COVID tests

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 04:45 PM

The Philippines will finally begin accrediting self-administered and home COVID-19 test kids, with guidelines on use to follow. Read more »

Robredo's COVID-19 testing program finds 373 positive cases

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 09:30 PM

(UPDATED) Robredo says the tests yielded a COVID positivity rate of more than 40 percent. Read more »

Experimental saliva test nearly as accurate as PCR

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 08:49 AM

An experimental saliva test can diagnose SARS-CoV-2 infection in minutes, nearly as accurately as gold-standard PCR tests. Read more »

DOH opinion sought on COVID-19 home tests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 03:08 PM

The Philippine drug regulator said it was seeking the Department of Health's opinion on COVID-19 home tests in use in at least 2 other countries. Read more »

'COVID test kits with short shelf life only choice in 2020'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 02:36 PM

The government had no other option other than buying COVID-19 test kits with a 6-month shelf life last year, said the FDA, as some lawmakers looked into the procurement. Read more »

Palace says gov't probing anomalous Red Cross COVID tests

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 05:27 PM

A government facility has started checking the supposed false positives among COVID-19 tests by the PRC, which President Duterte flagged. Read more »

Palace justifies RITM budget cut

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 06:21 PM

Next year's proposed spending plan could slash P170 million from the RITM budget, even while the coronavirus outbreak continued to rage, reports said. Read more »

Gov't admits COVID-19 testing still insufficient

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 19 06:46 PM

COVID-19 testing remains insufficient and state medical insurer PhilHealth needs to pay screening laboratories, government acknowledged on Thursday. Read more »

With ‘lollipop’ approach, Austria tests toddlers for coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 30 05:11 AM

A newly developed, lollipop-shaped coronavirus test is being rolled out in some of Austria's kindergartens as an alternative for toddlers who don't take well to throat or nose swabs. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 15, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:35 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

BCDA-Philippine Arena COVID testing team back in Baguio City

Jong Gasmena, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 10:26 PM

Members of the BCDA-Philippine Arena COVID Testing Team conduct tests for COVID-19 at the Melvin Jones Grandstand in Burnham Park, Baguio City on Thursday, the first of a three-day community testing program. Read more »

Gov't eyes boosting COVID-19 screening in NCR Plus with 30,000 antigen tests daily

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 06:07 PM

The government eyes ramping up the novel coronavirus detection in Metro Manila and its 4 surrounding provinces by rolling out 30,000 rapid antigen tests daily, an official said on Tuesday. Read more »