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'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 »

700 seafarers sakay ng bagong dating na barko isinalang sa swab testing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 07:22 PM

Dumating sa Manila Bay ang isa pang cruise ship sakay ang 700 Pinoy seafarers.  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 »

Alkaldeng doktor sa CamSur, nanguna sa pagpapatupad ng COVID-19 rapid tests

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 03 06:48 PM

SAN JOSE, Camarines Sur - Isa pang mahalagang papel ang ginagampanan ngayon ng alkalde ng bayang ito na si Marco Chavez, sa kabila ng patuloy na banta ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Dapat mas maraming Pinoy ang isailalim sa COVID-19 test, ayon kay Gordon

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 05:02 AM

Iginiit ni Senator Richard Gordon nitong Martes na kinakailangang baguhin ang coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing strategy ng bansa sa nagpapatuloy na debate ng mga senador sa pagpasa ng Bayanihan to Recover As One Act. Read more »

Golf: PGA Tour recommends competitors to take COVID-19 test before attending events

Reuters
Posted at Jun 02 11:01 PM

While COVID-19 testing will be a condition of competition when the PGA Tour resumes next week, at-home tests before travelling to a tournament are "strongly encouraged" but not required, according to a participant resource guide issued on Monday.   Read more »

DOH vows to address COVID-19 validation delays, testing backlogs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 10:55 PM

The Department of Health is playing catch-up as it works to address backlogs on both the testing and validation of cases. Read more »

Ilang umuwing OFWs naiwan pa rin sa quarantine facilities

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 08:57 PM

Ilang overseas Filipino workers at seafarers ang nananatili sa quarantine facilities kahit matagal nang nakapag-test para sa COVID-19. Read more »

Laboratory sa Silay City, Negros Occ., certified na para sa COVID-19 testing

Marty Go, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 02 07:36 PM

May certification na mula sa Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) ang Biomolecular Laboratory sa Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital sa Silay City, Negros Occidental, na magbibigay-daan para magsagawa ito ng independent testing para sa COVID-19.   Read more »

Philippines reduces COVID-19 testing backlogs as labs face challenges

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 11:24 AM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Tuesday reported that its accredited COVID-19 laboratories were able to reduce testing backlogs to below 2,000 despite facing various problems.  Read more »

Golf: PGA Tour recommends competitors to take COVID-19 test before attending events

Frank Pingue, Reuters
Posted at Jun 02 10:18 AM

At-home COVID-19 tests before travelling to a tournament are "strongly encouraged" but not required, according to a participant resource guide issued on Monday. Read more »

Frequent testing, less contact recommended to get Hollywood cameras rolling again

Reuters
Posted at Jun 02 09:50 AM

Hollywood studios and labor unions on Monday proposed extensive coronavirus testing and other safeguards to allow actors and crew members to resume movie and TV show production in the United States.   Read more »

DOH admits woes in COVID-19 testing backlogs

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 12:58 AM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Monday admitted that it is still seeing difficulties in addressing COVID-19 testing backlogs although it is seeing a continued increase in acredited laboratories.  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 »

DOH racing to validate 6,800 COVID-19 cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 02:01 PM

The Department of Health on Monday said it was aiming to finish the validation of 6,800 positive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests to come up with a more accurate picture of the outbreak. 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 »

DOH allays fears after record 539 COVID-19 cases, says only 109 cases are 'fresh'

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 08:17 PM

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire clarified that of the record-high 539 new COVID-19 cases reported on Thursday, only 109 are actually newly-tested patients. Read more »

Pagpapalaya sa mga nakapiit na matatanda, maysakit hinimok

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 06:37 PM

Dumadami ang mga kumpirmadong kaso ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sa mga kulungan. 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 »