Carbon pooled testing a success – DOH-7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Of the over 2,000 vendors in Carbon Public Market who participated in the pooled testing initiative, only 33 of them tested positive for the new coronavirus. The Department of Health in Central Visayas…

DOH-7: Carbon market is safe but…

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Carbon Public Market, Cebu City’s largest wet market, is safe for visiting, said the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH -7). But the regional health office said this does not mean…

More Carbon vendors to undergo pooled swab testing

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More vendors in Cebu City’s largest wet market will undergo the pooled swab testing initiative, the regional health office here announced. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the Department of Health in Central…

EOC orders zoning of Carbon Market stalls to reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In the event that a vendor would test positive for the coronavirus disease, Cebu City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will no longer have to close the entire Carbon Public Market complex to reduce…

First batch of Carbon Market vendors tested

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The first batch of Carbon Market vendors have been subjected to swab testing on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, the samples of which will undergo a pooled polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. The city…

Pooled testing among Carbon vendors slated this Sept. 30

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The pooled swab testing initiative for vendors in Carbon Public Market will start this Wednesday, September 30. Cebu City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH –…

400 vendors in Carbon Market agree to undergo swab testing; public hearing continues

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 400 vendors of the Carbon Public Market have agreed with the Emergency Operations Center’s (EOC) plan to conduct swab testing for ambulant and market vendors in the biggest market in Cebu…

Cebu City government warns quarantine violators in Carbon Market

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government warned individuals who do not to follow health protocols inside the Carbon Market that they will face consequences for doing such. Lawyer Rey Gealon, the city’s spokesperson said, that…

IN PHOTOS: Virtually empty Carbon market on Aug. 23

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – As Cebu City’s largest public market, Carbon is usually associated with images of jam-packed roads and stores with people milling around the maze-like area. This is why it came as a surprise to…

No total closure of Carbon market amid mass testing — Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2020

Cebu City, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella assured businesses, who relied on the Carbon Market for products, that the city’s largest public market would not close down even if the city planned to conduct a…

Cebu City Market Authority raises concerns on random testing for Carbon market vendors

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Market Authority Office raised concerns on the proposed random testing on vendors of the Carbon Public Market by the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7). Dr. Mary Jean Loreche,…

Cebu City eyes community service for social distancing violators

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Government is eyeing to impose community service as a consequence for those caught violating social distancing protocols. At a press conference on Monday, April 13, 2020, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo…

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