Lapu exceeds target for rapid mass testing

Immae Lachica 05/19/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan announced via his Facebook page that the city has succeeded their target in its rapid mass testing that concluded on Monday, May 18, 2020. Chan said the city exceeded…

Sweeper extraction scheduled in 10 Cebu City brgys: workers, residents urged to join testing

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –A sweeper extraction is scheduled in 10 Cebu City barangays this Tuesday, May 19, 2020. The City Health Department (CDH) is especially urging the workers, who will soon be reporting back for work, to…

DOH-7 to Cebu City: intensify info drive for strategic testing

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s accomplishment in the rapid mass testing lags behind its neighboring cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu in the strategic rapid testing conducted for the tri-cities’ Project Balik Buhay. In a virtual press…

Volunteer medtech explains why one should get tested

Immae Lachica 05/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Department of Health (DoH) MedTech volunteer from Lapu-Lapu City tells the public to make use of the rapid mass testing for safety and security. Julia Arian Salinguhay, 23, from Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, a…

Mandaue City to residents: You can volunteer to be tested

Immae Lachica 05/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The government of Mandaue City is urging those who want to volunteer to get tested in the rapid mass testings in respective barangays to come forward. The Mandaue City Public Information Office revealed in…

COVID – 19 in Cebu City: ECQ and mass testing

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/11/2020

Part 2 (Conclusion) It was still two days since Cebu City was placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and public officials then were racing to address the public’s clamor for a more efficient way of distributing quarantine…

268 Cebu City residents undergo rapid test on 2nd day

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department targeted 1,700 residents to be tested today from Barangays Mambaling, Bulacao, Hipodromo, and Tisa. Yet for the 2nd day of the mass rapid testing, the city health officers…

Lapu-Lapu City readies 1,000-bed capacity isolation centers for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

Norman V. Mendoza 04/29/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Isolation centers with a combined capacity of 900 to 1,000 beds are being prepared by the city government of Lapu-Lapu for residents who will test positive but remain asymptomatic of COVID-19 during a…

Mass testing on April 14; but who to test is unclear

Jovic Yee - Inquirer.net 04/04/2020

If the Department of Health (DOH) will have its way, the persons to be included in the “mass testing” for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) starting on April 14 would only be those who are vulnerable because…

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