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

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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

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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 »

In Japan, vending machines help ease access to COVID-19 tests

Hideto Sakai and Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 07:32 PM

In Japan, convenience is king and getting tested for COVID-19 can be highly inconvenient. Part of solution, as it is for a range of daily necessities in Tokyo, has become the humble vending machine. Read more »

DOT urges domestic tourists to avail of subsidized coronavirus tests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 03:22 PM

The Department of Tourism on Friday urged the public to avail of government subsidized tests for the novel coronavirus, which are required for travel to domestic tourism sites.   Read more »

Travelers to take COVID-19 test on 5th day of PH stay instead of arrival date: Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 27 02:24 PM

Travelers from Feb. 1 will be required to get tested for the novel coronavirus on the fifth day of their stay in the Philippines, instead of upon arrival in the country as previously required, Malacañang said on Wednesday.    Read more »

Regulator should speed up review of COVID-19 saliva testing: official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 02:26 PM

The country's drug regulator under the Department of Health should speed up its study on the use of a saliva-based test for checking coronavirus infections, an official said on Tuesday.  Read more »