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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 30, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 01:06 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Mass testing in Beijing after new COVID-19 outbreak

Thomas Peter, Reuters
Posted at Jun 30 02:18 PM

People line up to receive nucleic acid tests at a temporary testing site after a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China Tuesday.  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 »

Lessons on coronavirus testing from the adult film industry

Michele C. Hollow, The New York Times
Updated as of Jun 23 08:20 AM

As more states open up and people return to work, companies are looking for guidance on how to keep workers safe from infection. Some experts suggest looking to what may seem an unlikely model: the adult film industry. It survived a different pandemic — an outbreak of HIV infections in the late 1990s that almost shuttered the multibillion-dollar industry.   Read more »

Beijing can screen almost 1 million people daily for coronavirus: official

Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 10:20 AM

The Chinese capital is capable of screening almost 1 million people a day for the coronavirus, an official said on Sunday, as testing continued across the city to try to contain the spread of a fresh outbreak. Read more »

Beijing reports 22 new virus cases as millions tested

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 21 04:56 PM

China's capital reported 22 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday after a mass testing effort that has collected more than two million samples in a race to contain a new outbreak.   Read more »

Galvez: Testing capacity, inaasahang tataas kapag naayos na ang test kit supply chain

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 10:20 PM

Nakapagsagawa na ng kabuuang bilang na 553,197 COVID-19 tests ang bansa, ayon kay Sec. Carlito Galvez nitong Biyernes. Read more »

More frontliners, pregnant women, included in expanded COVID-19 testing: DOH

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 02:47 PM

The Philippines has expanded its COVID-19 testing program to cover other frontline personnel, the Department of Health said Monday, as it aimed to maximize testing capacity. Read more »

Mass virus testing in Beijing after new cluster triggers lockdowns

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 09:08 AM

Beijing carried out mass testing for the coronavirus on Sunday after a new outbreak in the city that prompted travel warnings across the country amid fears of a resurgence of the disease. Read more »

An open letter to the worried

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 14 09:38 PM

We live in a world that has wandered into a war, and is now trying to fight its way into safety. Will it do us good to look to the ones who came before us for solace and guidance? By GIAN LAO Read more »

'Mabuti na-test agad': Opisyal ng Marikina Public Market, naglinaw sa 'enhanced targeted mass testing'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 03:29 AM

Naglinaw si Dr. Mon Viliran, Marikina Public Market Administrator, nitong Huwebes hinggil sa isinagawang enhanced targeted mass testing sa naturang palengke. Read more »

Updated COVID-19 testing guidelines include jail personnel, social workers, other frontliners

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 09:23 PM

MANILA — The expanded COVID-19 testing guidelines in the Philippines have been updated to include other frontliners who are also in contact with probable and confirmed coronavirus patients, such as barangay health workers, jail personnel and social workers, the country's health department said Thursday.  Read more »

PH eyes including asymptomatic patients in COVID-19 testing program

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 04:17 PM

The Philippines is looking to expand its COVID-19 testing program to include suspected cases who do not exhibit any symptoms of the disease, an official said Thursday as the government improves its testing capacity. Read more »

'Not to bash DJ Loonyo': Vice Ganda shares medical info on COVID-19 testing from frontliner sister

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 07:43 PM

"This is just to correct 'yung mga maling chika about COVID tests. I asked my sister for enlightenment." Read more »

'Trial and error, not 100% proven'? DJ Loonyo says sorry for COVID-19 testing remarks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 06:31 PM

"It's a trial and error, kaya it's mass testing... Kaya kawawa 'yung mag-i-intake at 'yung mag-a-undergo niyan, because it's not 100% proven." 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 »

De Lima wants probe into 'real status' of COVID-19 mass testing in PH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 04:27 PM

Detained Senator Leila de Lima has filed a resolution calling for an investigation on the "real status" of coronavirus mass testing efforts in the Philippines, saying that the lack of testing in the country has "hampered our ability to control the spread of the virus." Read more »

Mass testing: kailangan bang i-test ang lahat sa 'Pinas?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 02:19 PM

Ilan lang ang South Korea, Germany, at Vietnam sa mga bansang nagkaroon ng agresibong COVID-19 mass testing. Dahil dito, napabagal nila ang pagdami ng kaso ng COVID-19 at mas kakaunti ang namatay sa kanilang bansa dahil sa sakit. Read more »

Coronavirus testing of 300 POGO workers in gated subdivision probed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 07:31 AM

Authorities are investigating the legal liability of those who participated in the coronavirus testing of Chinese gambling workers in the park of a gated village in Parañaque, Mayor Edwin Olivarez said Friday. Read more »

Provide free mass coronavirus testing, proposed law asks gov't

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 28 09:13 PM

Lawmakers from the left-wing Makabayan bloc have filed a bill seeking to mandate mass testing for the novel coronavirus, as the Philippines prepared to relax its pandemic lockdowns to protect jobs and the economy. Read more »