The Supreme Court (SC) scrapped a petition seeking the tribunal to require the government to conduct proactive COVID-19 mass testing, contact tracing and isolation, and effective treatment of patients. In …
Senator Leila de Lima wants Senate to investigate the “real status” of coronavirus mass testing in the Philippines to determine and address issues that “impede the progress” of the government’s …
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire defended the administration’s policy of not testing asymptomatic individuals with no exposure to COVID-19 patients. Vergeire said 85% of virus transmission came from symptomatic people. …
Locked up Senator Leila De Lima on Wednesday criticized the government after presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that “mass testing” for returning Filipino workers would be up to private companies. …
Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday the government is inclined in expanded COVID-19 testing rather than mass testing as Malacanang admits the Philippines does not have enough resources to conduct …
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque clarified his statement yesterday that the government has no plans yet to conduct mass testing and that it would just leave the burden to the private …
The Department of Education (DepEd) said they have “no decision yet” on conducting COVID-19 mass testing in schools, Monday. According to DepEd Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malauan, there would be a testing …
The Manila City government, public information office, said Monday it can now conduct targeted COVID-19 mass testing. The Manila Health Department and its six district hospitals can conduct 232 swab …