Cebu City starts new year with only 9 active COVID-19 cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will begin the year 2022 with only nine active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has revealed that there is only one new case out of…

Travel authority no longer required in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/05/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Travel authorities and other documentary requirements will no longer be needed to enter Cebu City, except for the result of a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test to detect the coronavirus disease…

Labella firm on keeping RT-PCR tests

Morexette Marie Erram 03/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on Monday, March 1, stood by with his decision to keep real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results as a requirement for travelers bound for Cebu City. With…

Labella: No RT-PCR requirement for entry in Cebu City up to medical experts

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said he was considering waiving the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for tourists and travelers entering the city from other modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) areas. This…

Cebu becomes 1st province to drop RT-PCR results as requirements for incoming local tourists

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government has officially dropped real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results as requirements for incoming domestic tourists. This as Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on February 22 signed and issued Executive Order (EO)…

Carbon pooled testing a success – DOH-7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Of the over 2,000 vendors in Carbon Public Market who participated in the pooled testing initiative, only 33 of them tested positive for the new coronavirus. The Department of Health in Central Visayas…

How much should COVID-19 tests cost? DOH surveys market

Tina G. Santos 10/02/2020

The Department of Health (DOH) is doing market surveys to set affordable prices for coronavirus tests, including the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test that it considers the “gold standard” in determining infection with the COVID-19 agent.…

DILG reminds LGUs that rapid tests not required for LSIs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is reminding local government units (LGU) that rapid antibody tests should not be required from Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs). DILG said that as per the…

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