Mass testing of 12 Lapu-Lapu brgys starts

Futch Anthony Inso 11/10/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Health Department has started conducting mass testing to the top 12 barangays in the city with the most number of cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Grace Carungay, head…

591 Carbon Market vendors have undergone swab tests

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Carbon Market vendors have generally been cooperative with the pooled testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) conducted by the city government in the past two days. At least 591 market vendors…

Feliciano: Mass testing mulled in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The implementation of granular lockdowns in areas with high cases of the coronavirus disease is not enough to put an end to the spread of the infection in Cebu City. Retired Major General…

Gov’t should pay for virus testing, senators insist

Jovic Yee, Julie M. Aurelio, Marlon Ramos 05/20/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Several senators on Tuesday insisted that the government should bankroll the mass testing for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said it was up to employers to spend for the…

Mandaue, Lapu hit 100% target in mass testing, Cebu City still at 35%

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —While Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu cities have already surpassed their target, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) chief pathologist, Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, continues to appeal to Cebu City residents anew to participate…

OPAV’s PBB bares 4 brands used in rapid testing

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Presidential Assistance for the Visayas’ (OPAV) Project Balik-Buhay (PBB) has revealed the four brands of rapid antibody-based test kits that are used in running the blood samples from the…

OPAV: 43% mass tests turnout, 200 to get PCR test

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 200 persons, who participated in the massive rapid testing in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu, will undergo the coronavirus disease test using real-time polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR). These individuals…

Tri-city mass rapid testing may extend

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The strategic rapid anti-body based community testing for COVID-19 in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu may extend for at least two days after the first six days failed to gather even…

Gealon: Mass testing is giving City Hall a clearer picture on extent of the infection

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The continued increase in the number of coronavirus infections in Cebu City should not be a cause for alarm. Lawyer Rey Gealon, the Cebu City Legal Officer, said that this will instead give…

Three barangays in Lapu exceed target for mass testing

Immae Lachica 05/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— With the release of the accomplishment report of the “Targeted and Strategized Community Mass Testing” by the Lapu-Lapu government, the report stated that there were three barangays who captured more than 100 perfect of…

Lapu PIO hopeful more Oponganons will be tested

Immae Lachica 05/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Only 3,257 actual samples have been collected in the Lapu-Lapu City government’s rapid diagnostic test (RDT) mass testing since the tests started on May 6. That is according to data as of May 11,…

Nurses dance to lighten up mood in Lapu mass testing

Immae Lachica 05/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A group of nurses of the Department of Health (DOH) who were part of the encoding team during a mass testing in barangay Gun-ob in Lapu-Lapu City had a unique way of lightening up…

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