Start mass testing for COVID-19 now, gov’t urged

Melvin Gascon - Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The planned mass testing of suspected carriers of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) must start immediately, as doing it on April 14 as proposed may already be too late, the Makabayan party list bloc…

Dominguez: Mass COVID-19 tests ‘a must’

Ben O. de Vera 04/01/2020

President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief economic manager said mass testing for COVID-19 is “a must” if the Philippines wanted the pain inflicted by the disease on both the health care system and the economy to go away. Finance…

Health group says ‘lockdown’ is not enough, calls for mass testing anew

Rosalie Abatayo 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu chapter of the Coalition for People’s Right to Health has called on the government to intensify case finding for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) through mass testing in “at-risk communities.” In…

Gov: No mass testing yet, use limited resources wisely

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With the limited supply of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test kits, the Cebu provincial government maintains that resources should be used wisely. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, in response to continued call for mass testing,…

Online call for mass testing draws support

Rosalie Abatayo 03/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The call for mass testing in the country has become louder with now close to 140,000 people supporting the online petition for the government to conduct mandatory testing for the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).…

Still no mass testing as PH virus deaths hit 18, cases reach 230

Jerome Aning, Jovic Yee - Inquirer.net 03/21/2020

Six days into the lockdown ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of Health (DOH) reported 13 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, bringing the nationwide total to 230. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario…

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