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South Korea rolls out mass testing for 70,000 prisoners and staff

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 12:55 PM

South Korea rolled out mass testing for 52 prisons in the country after a massive prison outbreak and may extend flight suspensions from Britain in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus cases, the health minister said on Wednesday. Read more »

Manila offers free swab, antigen tests to residents returning from vacation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 09:41 AM

Residents of the capital city returning from vacation in different parts of the country are urged to undergo free confirmatory COVID-19 tests, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno said Monday. Read more »

DOH preparing estimate budget for Duterte’s free COVID-19 testing plan

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 04:20 PM

The Department of Health on Wednesday said it is now figuring out how much it would cost to offer free COVID-19 testing for all Filipinos.   Read more »

Duterte wants free COVID-19 tests in gov't hospitals, health centers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 10:44 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is pushing for free COVID-19 tests in the country's government hospitals and health centers. Read more »

House mulling mass COVID-19 vaccination for lawmakers, workers

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 06:45 PM

The House of Representatives is looking into the possibility of conducting mass vaccination of its members and workers against COVID-19 once a vaccine becomes available as the chamber has recorded 98 cases of the disease during a recent mass testing. Read more »

After mass testing, House registers 98 positive cases of COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 02:55 PM

A total of 98 individuals at the House of Representatives have tested positive for COVID-19 after the chamber conducted its first-ever “mass testing,” Secretary-General Mark Mendoza said on Tuesday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 25, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 12:04 AM

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

Preventing another COVID-19 outbreak in China

Mark Schiefelbein, AP Photo
Posted at Nov 25 10:50 AM

Passengers wearing face masks to protect themselves against the coronavirus walk along a concourse at Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou in southern China's Hainan Province, Tuesday. Read more »

COVID-19 mass testing begins in flood-hit Tuguegarao City

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 11:18 PM

The city may revert to stricter quarantine restrictions if the tests reveal a spike in COVID-19 cases.  Read more »

'Mabilis at mas mura': Red Cross still waiting for gov't nod on use of saliva test

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 09:43 AM

MANILA - The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has yet to get government approval for the use of its saliva COVID-19 test, Sen. Richard Gordon said on Thursday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 30, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 12:59 AM

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

COVID-19 cases rise anew in Malaysia

Vincent Thian, AP
Posted at Oct 30 10:02 AM

Malaysia extended restricted movements in its biggest city Kuala Lumpur, neighboring Selangor state and the administrative capital of Putrajaya from Wednesday in an attempt to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 27, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 11:42 PM

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

Mass testing in Baguio City

Jong Gasmena, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 04:48 PM

A Baguio resident had herself swabbed for samples during a free mass testing for COVID-19 at the city's Burnham Park on Tuesday. Read more »

Chinese city of Kashgar finds more than 100 new cases linked to first positive

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Oct 26 08:13 AM

The remote city of Kashgar in China's far west detected more than 100 asymptomatic Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the regional health authority said. Read more »

13 cases, 10 million tests: China swabs city after coronavirus outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 05:48 PM

Almost 10 million people in the Chinese city of Qingdao have now been screened for the coronavirus, officials said Thursday, as authorities rushed to quash an outbreak through an ambitious program of mass testing.  Read more »

PUV drivers sa Baseco Compound, isasailalim sa mass testing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 10:11 AM

Magsasagawa ng mass testing para sa mga driver ng public utility vehicles sa Baseco Compound Martes ng umaga sa gitna ng tumaas na bilang ng COVID-19 cases sa bansa. Read more »

Supreme Court junks plea for free mass testing

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 11:57 AM

In yet another outright dismissal, the Supreme Court has rejected the plea of a group of health advocates urging the Philippine government to conduct free mass testing for the coronavirus. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 15, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 01:51 AM

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

Sta. Ana Hospital to open second lab for COVID-19 testing

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 03:19 PM

Workers rush to complete the construction of the second molecular laboratory inside the Sta. Ana Hospital in Manila on Tuesday.  Read more »