Rapid antibody test kits: A closer look

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around the globe, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test kits are flying off from every biotechnological and medical technology firm as countries scramble to screen everyone for possible infection. There are two types of…

To-be moms urged to give birth in provincial hospitals

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has encouraged residents in Cebu province, especially expectant mothers or to-be moms, to first consider going to the provincial hospitals to give birth or  seek medical treatment before proceeding to…

VSMMC denies cross-infection among expectant mothers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A government hospital in Cebu City handling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients denied reports alleging cross-infection within their premises. The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) on Monday, May 18, debunked unofficial reports…

Who is shouldering ‘community’ test costs?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Costs for procuring the test kits of the ‘strategized community testing’ in Cebu are shouldered by local governments and members of the private sector, local sources confirm on Monday, May 18. City Legal…

Maternity patients, newborn among new cases in Cebu

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Maternity patients — four women who recently gave birth — and one newborn baby are among the new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) logged in Cebu Province from May 15 to 17,…

Cebu Island’s COVID-19 cases hit 2,000

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The total number of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Cebu Island has reached exactly 2,000 on Monday, May 18. This developed two weeks after the island breached the 1000-mark on May…

CCPO chief: Cops under quarantine at stations doing office work

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Policemen in stations under Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), who have been under quarantine, continue to perform regular and routine tasks in their offices. Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, chief of CCPO, said that…

At the COVID war zone: Working in a molecular laboratory

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Every medical technologist has been taught to be prepared to face a pandemic. Nobody is actually prepared for it to happen. This was the statement of 25-year-old John Marc Abarquez, a medical technologist…

Chan to IATF: Allow backriding for family members

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan is appealing to the national Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to reconsider its policy on disallowing backriding in motorcycles amid the implementation…

Asturias police ask town guests to follow the town protocol

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Asturias Police have appealed to those who will be entering the town to submit themselves to disinfection in the quarantine control point (QCP). This was the reminder of Police Staff Sergeant Joe Fry…

Mandatory rapid test for tri-city workers not recommended yet

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mandatory coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rapid test for workers in Cebu’s three largest cities is not yet recommended. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH – 7) made this suggestion in a…

CHR: Making ECQ violators pray, dance, exercise is ‘inhuman’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Law enforcers may arrest violators of quarantine rules but the Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) has reminded them that imposing “punishments” such as making them do physical activities, dance or…

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