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DOH says probing reported drop in COVID testing in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 02:53 AM

The Philippine health department is looking into a reported drop in COVID testing output as parts of the country see fewer infections. Read more »

DOH: Di pa masasabi kung bumaba na ang COVID-19 cases sa NCR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 08:41 PM

Bumababa umano ang naisasagawang testing sa mga laboratoryo pero maingat ang DOH sa pagsasabing bumababa na ang mga kaso. Read more »

DOH probing drop in COVID-19 testing

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 02:02 PM

The DOH on Friday said it is investigating a reported drop in COVID-19 testing before it could say that the pandemic situation in NCR has eased. Read more »

Positive COVID-19 antigen tests now part of case count

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 02:04 PM

The number of those who tested positive for COVID-19 through rapid antigen tests would now be included in the Philippines' case total, Malacañang said on Friday, as the country continued to battle a spike of infections most likely driven by the Delta variant. 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 »

Pharmally contributed to delays in COVID-19 testing: senator

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 11:17 PM

Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp hampered the Philippines' ability to test Filipinos for COVID-19 on time, a senator said. Read more »

Philippine Red Cross: COVID-19 testing should be job of government

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 11:42 PM

'COVID-19 testing should be the job of government, we merely stepped up when there was a need that government could not address.' Read more »

Labor group nakukulangan sa bawas-presyo sa RT-PCR tests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 08:57 PM

Nabibigatan pa rin ang isang labor group sa panibagong price cap na ipapataw ng Department of Health sa mga RT-PCR test kontra COVID-19. Read more »

DOH: Price of RT-PCR tests may be reduced anew

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 10:02 PM

The RT-PCR test, considered as the 'gold standard' in COVID-19 testing, is priced around P3,800 in most public laboratories, and up to P5,000 in private laboratories in the Philippines as of early February, the DOH website indicated. Read more »

Delta variant maaari umanong kumakalat sa buong bansa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 08:11 PM

Naniniwala ang isang eksperto na marami na rin ang kaso ng Delta variant sa ibang panig ng bansa, di lang sa NCR at Calabarzon. 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 »

Pooled, random COVID-19 testing isinusulong

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 06:32 PM

Isinusulong ng mga doktor at grupo ng mga negosyante ang pooled o random COVID-19 testing. 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 »

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 »

COVID-19 testing for kids with symptoms urged

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 11:11 PM

Pediatricians in the Philippines propose tests for children showing COVID-10 symptoms. Read more »

China tests millions as 2nd wave of virus hits

Guo Rui in Guangzhou, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 09 09:15 PM

China records 94 more locally transmitted cases, including 41 in flood-ravaged Henan province. 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 »