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Fatigue and frustration as China presses strict zero-COVID strategy

Beiyi Seow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 01:33 PM

China's zero-Covid approach is unrelenting -- with border closures, targeted lockdowns and mass testing triggered sometimes by just one case. Read more »

Lubang LGU, humiling ng mass testing sa 7,000 residente

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 10:45 AM

MAYNILA - Umaapela ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Lubang sa Occidental Mindoro na maisailalim sa mass testing ang 7,000 nitong residente. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 14, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 11:33 PM

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

COVID-19 surge reported in China

CNS, AFP
Posted at Sep 14 01:36 PM

Residents queue to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xianyou county, Putian city, in China's eastern Fujian province on Monday. China’s Read more »

Free COVID mass testing urged in NCR

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 10:54 AM

Mass testing, contact tracing and increased vaccination should be in place if government imposes granular lockdowns in NCR, a doctor said. Read more »

'Ilang buhay pa mawawala?' Leni blasts govt's slow COVID testing

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 06:13 PM

The government is simply not testing enough, Vice President Leni Robredo lamented anew, as the Philippines reported 22,366 new COVID-19 infections, an all-time high since the pandemic last year. Read more »

Mga sumailalim sa 4-day COVID-19 mass testing sa Macao, negatibo lahat sa virus

Annalyn Mabini | TFC News Macao
Posted at Aug 14 06:56 AM

Negatibo lahat ang test results ng 716,251 katao sa Macao na sumailalim sa 4-day non-stop COVID-19 mass testing noong August 4 to August 7, 2021. Read more »

China reports more COVID-19 cases while some cities kick off new tests

Reuters
Posted at Aug 09 02:09 PM

China reported more COVID-19 cases as it entered the third week of its current outbreak on Monday, while some cities added rounds of mass testing in the effort to stamp out locally-transmitted infections. Read more »

China mass testing shows virus cases at 6-month high

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 05:25 AM

The outbreak has exposed weaknesses in the country's already strict border containment measures. Read more »

Mga Pinoy kasama sa 4-day non-stop COVID-19 testing sa Macao

Annalyn Mabini | TFC News Macao
Updated as of Aug 14 08:39 PM

Kasalukuyang isinasagawa sa Macao SAR ang 4 na araw na non-stop COVID-19 testing na nagsimula ng August 4 na aabot hanggang August 7, 2021. Read more »

China mass testing shows COVID-19 cases at 6-month high

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 02:50 PM

China on Wednesday reported its highest daily number of local coronavirus cases in months as mass testing and contact tracing campaigns uncovered a trail of Delta variant infections. Read more »

Mass testing for COVID-19 in Bangkok

Mladen Antonov, AFP
Posted at Apr 17 02:47 PM

A medical worker wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) takes a swab sample from a woman during a mass testing event at a sport complex in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 16, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:34 PM

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

Mass testing in Davao City

Manman Dejeto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 03:33 PM

Davao City health office personnel conduct free community surveillance swab testing for COVID-19 among local street vendors at the Magsaysay Park on Friday.  Read more »

Mass testing 'cornerstone' to reopening economy, says expert

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 08 10:11 AM

The Philippines must conduct at least 50,000 to 100,000 daily COVID-19 tests as mass testing is the "cornerstone" in reopening the economy, a public health advocate said Thursday. Read more »

VP daughter Tricia Robredo among volunteers in swabbing program

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 12:32 AM

Tricia, the second daughter of the Vice-President and late husband Jesse Robredo, passed the Physician Licensure Examination last November. Read more »

Palace says too early to say if ECQ helped reduce COVID-19 infections

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 10:15 PM

Malacañang acknowledged it is too early to tell whether the latest COVID-19 restrictions have been successful in tackling the surge of infections. Read more »

Philippine Orthopedic Center seeks COVID-19 mass testing for its workers, patients

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 05 03:32 PM

The Philippine Orthopedic Center on Monday called on the Department of Health to conduct mass testing in the hospital after dozens of its staff tested positive for COVID-19.   Read more »

Angelica Panganiban laments COVID-19 test expenses, calls for free mass testing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 01:28 PM

Actress Angelica Panganiban did not mince words as she joined calls for free mass testing amid the surging number of COVID-19 cases in the country. Read more »

’10 steps backwards’: NCR Plus bubble meaningless without mass testing, says group

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 08:22 AM

The lockdown would be ineffective, if mass testing and measures to cushion its economic impact are not carried out, according to the group Citizens Urgent Response to End COVID-19. Read more »