COVID-19 testing coverage for returning OFWs continues – PhilHealth

PR 11/24/2022

  The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced the continuing coverage of COVID-19 test for returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in accordance with IATF Resolution No. 168, s. 2022. In its Circular No. 2022-0022 published on November…

Bernadas: Swabbing center at DOH-7 compound accommodates testing for emergency purposes

Mae Fhel Gom-os 10/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) said that they would be accommodating individuals for COVID-19 test for emergency purposes at their compound in Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City. DOH-7 Director Jaime…

Talisay, Minglanilla, Consolacion mayors ‘support’ random testing in businesses

Rosalie Abatayo 08/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The mayors of the city of Talisay and the towns of Minglanilla and Consolacion, which remain under general community quarantine (GCQ), have expressed their support to Project Balik Buhay’s proposal to make it…

VSMMC set to launch free drive-thru, walk-thru COVID-19 testing

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Subnational Laboratory (VSMMC SNL) will be launching on Friday, July 24, 2020, its free drive-thru and walk-thru swab testing for COVID-19. The free testing is a project…

DOH justifies COVID-19 testing of asymptomatic gov’t officials

Darryl John Esguerra 03/23/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The testing of government officials for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) most of whom showed no symptoms, is “justifiable”, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, citing the need to “preserve” certain high-ranking officials. Health…

4 specimens of COVID-19 tests in VSMMC sent to RITM for further confirmation

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has announced that they have delivered four samples of the pilot Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests that they conducted to the Research Institute of Tropical…

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