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DOH targets 8,000 COVID-19 tests daily by end of April

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 09:08 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday said it is hoping to run 8,000 COVID-19 tests daily by the end of April as public clamor for mass testing continues. Read more »

Doctors warn of scarcity of malaria drug amid COVID-19 treatment trials

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 08:13 PM

Limited global stocks of 2 anti-malarial drugs could wreck plans to use the medicines, currently in clinical trials, to treat COVID-19, doctors cautioned on Thursday. Read more »

Bear bile in virus treatment irks Chinese activists

Poornima Weerasekara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 03:31 PM

BEIJING, China - China has approved the use of bear bile to treat coronavirus patients, angering activists and raising fears it could undermine efforts to stop the illegal animal trade which is blamed for the emergence of the new disease sweeping the globe. Read more »

Protect our frontline health workers

Teodoro B. Padilla -- Medicine Matters
Posted at Mar 31 02:43 AM

We must protect our frontline health workers or face the grim prospect of a paralyzed health system at the worst possible time.  Read more »

RITM can now run 1,000 tests daily; turnaround time shortened to 48-72 hours

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 02:28 AM

The Philippines’ national reference laboratory for infectious and tropical diseases said it can now run up to a thousand COVID-19 tests a day. Read more »

Rep. Yap negative for COVID-19, RITM clarifies; apologizes for 'clerical oversight'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 08:09 PM

MANILA - ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap is negative for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) said Friday as it apologized for making a "clerical oversight" on the release of a false positive diagnosis. Read more »

RITM: COVID-19 highly contagious; not all labs can be testing centers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 11:31 PM

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) on Thursday urged local government units (LGUs) and private establishments to strictly comply with laboratory standards before they could perform diagnostic testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Coconut, acupuncture, and other natural preventive measures against COVID-19

Updated as of Mar 26 03:27 PM

Former Health Secretary and herbal medicine advocate Jaime Galvez Tan wants everyone to fortify their immune system with natural ways to combat the deadly novel coronavirus. BY BARBARA MAE NAREDO DACANAY Read more »

Wash your hands after stroking your pet, say French experts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 12:27 AM

A French medical body urged pet owners on Wednesday to take precautions like washing hands after stroking dogs or cats, saying the risk of catching COVID-19 from animals "cannot be ruled out." Read more »

EXPLAINER: Why are malaria pills being used against coronavirus?

Deena Beasley, Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 08:15 PM

Health officials caution that no one should be taking these drugs to treat or prevent coronavirus infection without medical supervision and a prescription. Read more »

Pinoy na gumaling sa COVID-19 idinetalye kung paano nalampasan ang sakit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 24 10:46 PM

Ibinahagi ni Carlo Navarro sa ABS-CBN News ang kaniyang karanasan sa sakit, mula sa mga sintomas nito hanggang sa kung papaano niya ito nilabanan.  Read more »

Demand for vitamin C, multivitamins soar as coronavirus cases rise

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 07:46 PM

Demand for vitamin C more than doubled since the Philippines recorded its first case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).   Read more »

DOH reminds TB patients to secure 1-month supply of free meds amid COVID-19 lockdown

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 04:56 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Tuesday asked tuberculosis patients to get medicines that are free for one month because of the enhanced community quarantine. Read more »

Turkey using drug from China for coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 24 12:00 PM

Turkey's health minister said Monday that the country is using a drug sent from China on patients suffering from the novel coronavirus.  Read more »

Trump says unproven coronavirus drugs could be 'gift from God'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 24 08:56 AM

US President Donald Trump on Monday said antimalarial drugs that are under investigation to treat the new coronavirus could be a "gift from God" despite scientists warning against the dangers of overhyping unproven medicines. Read more »

Mag-ama, arestado sa pagbebenta ng pekeng gamot para sa COVID-19 sa Navotas

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 10:05 PM

Hawak na ng Northern Police District ang mag-amang residente ng Dagat-dagatan, Navotas City dahil umano sa pagbebenta ng pekeng gamot laban sa COVID-19. Read more »

Medicine deliveries in the time of coronavirus

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 01:26 PM

A member of the Philippine National Police checks the temperature of Michael Cariño, 22, as he carries lifesaving chemotherapy medicines on his bike at a checkpoint at the Marikina-Antipolo border on Wednesday. Read more »

Only manufacturing of basic necessities allowed: DTI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 03:25 AM

"We are limiting [manufacturing] to the basic talaga. Food, medicine and the disinfectants...," Trade Secretary Mon Lopez said in a press briefing.   Read more »

Transport of basic necessities should be unimpeded, DTI chief reiterates

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 01:05 AM

"Pagkagaling sa ibang probinsya, kahit may quarantine o lockdown doon, dapat unimpeded pa rin," Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said in a press briefing. Read more »

Saludo sa sakripisyo: Frontliners vs COVID-19 pinuri ng netizens

James Amante, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 13 11:09 PM

Nagpasalamat ang maraming netizens sa health workers at mga eksperto laban sa banta ng coronavirus disease 2019. Read more »