More LGUs joining project ARK

Roy Stephen C. Canivel 05/09/2020

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion said more local government units in Metro Manila and nearby provinces will be joining the Project ARK (antibody rapid test kits) initiative. To date, Project ARK is…

219 submit themselves to rapid testing in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The third day of the rapid testing for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) recorded 219 residents submitting themselves to the blood extraction process in three barangays. In Barangay Kinasang-an, only 20 volunteers appeared…

Tri-city mass testing to help trace, prevent asymptomatic from becoming ‘super-spreaders’

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/07/2020

CEBU CITY—The mass testing component of the Project Balik Buhay is vital in tracing asymptomatic persons and prevent them from becoming ‘super-spreaders.’ The Project Balik Buhay is a collaborative effort of the local government units of the…

Labella: Swab testing to continue in brgys with most COVID-19 cases, rapid testing in other brgys

Delta Dyrecka Letgio 05/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Swab testing in barangays which recorded the most number of the infection will continue even if the Cebu City government will already start with the mass rapid testing on Wednesday, said Mayor Edgardo…

Experts support use of rapid antibody-based testing

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/03/2020

CEBU CITY—Amid concerns over the efficacy of the Real-Time – Polymerase Chain Reaction (rtPCR) and the Rapid Antibody-Based Diagnostic Test (RDT), medical experts here support the use of the latter for mass testing in the cities of…

Policemen to secure DOH personnel during mass testing in Cebu City

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Policemen from the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will be providing security to the Department of Health (DOH) and health workers who will be conducting mass testing in the city starting Monday, May…

‘Taphaw nga massive testing?’

Lloyd Suarez 05/02/2020

  Mangambot lang ko kung di ba unya ta mosamot kayagaw, ka panic, kabalaka, kahingawa ug kaguol human manggawas ang mga kuwestiyonable’ng resulta nga “false positive” ug “false negative” sa massive testing nga sugdan karong Lunes sa…

COVID-19 mass testing schedule for Lapu-Lapu is out

Norman V. Mendoza 05/01/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government has scheduled the conduct of the Strategical Rapid Mass Testing this coming Monday May 4, 2020. The city’s crisis manager, Nagiel Bañacia, explained that the residents within the…

Garcia orders mass swab sampling for 5K PUMs in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 04/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has ordered municipal and city health officers to already start collecting swab samples from all persons under monitoring (PUMs) in Cebu province’s towns and cities. Garcia, in a meeting with…

Cebu City targets 23,000+ families for mass testing until May 15

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The mass rapid testing for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) will begin on May 4, 2020 in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu. In Cebu City, at least 23,553 households are targeted…

Economic-health balance sought in deciding Cebu HUCs shift to modified ECQ

Rosalie Abatayo 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The highly urbanized cities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu are now faced with the challenge to balance economic sustainability and public health security as they take steps to determine the feasibility of shifting…

Cortes wants new jail facility in Brgy Basak used as isolation center for COVID-19 positive PDLs

Norman V. Mendoza 04/28/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue City government is preparing the jail facility in Sitio Dunggo-an in Barangay Basak as a temporary quarantine facility for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) coming from the Mandaue City Jail and…

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