Lapu-Lapu City logs 69 HIV cases from Jan. to Aug. 2023

Futch Anthony Inso 12/09/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Lapu-Lapu City Health Office (LLCHO) has recorded 69 cases of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) for the first eight months or from January to August this year. This was confirmed…

US Congress said virus tests should be free — but who’s paying?

California Healthline / Inquirer.net US Bureau 05/26/2020

Hospitals around the country are afraid to send out hundreds of thousands of bills related to COVID-19 testing. That’s because Congress mandated there would be no copays and no out-of-pocket costs for patients. But many employers with…

Cebu Capitol eyes start of COVID-19 targeted massive testing next week

Rosalie Abatayo 04/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu province is eyeing to start its targeted massive testing for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by next week, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia announced on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Garcia said she is eyeing to already…

Cebu City Council approves P1 billion budget to fight Coronavirus

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council approved the P1 billion budget for the mitigating measures against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Coronavirus). Councilor Raymond Garcia, the majority floor leader of the council, said that the budget…

Lapu-Lapu City declares State of Calamity

Norman V. Mendoza 03/17/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – A State of Calamity has been declared by the Lapu-Lapu City government on Tuesday, March 18, 2020, as a means to add more teeth in its fight against the spread of the coronavirus…

10.5K COVID-19 testing kits from China on their way to Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Testing kits for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) are on their way to Cebu City. Cebu City Health Officer Daisy Villa said that the city has purchased at least 10,500 testing kits from…

‘Moral responsibility’ drove team behind PH-made virus test kit

Mariejo Ramos - Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — As panic spread faster than the new coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world, local scientists at the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) and the University of the Philippines (UP)-National Institutes of Health (NIH) knew they were…

No drug tests in June since CPADAO has no more testing kits

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There will be no random drug testing for government employees in Cebu province this June. The Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO), which implements drug testing in local government units (LGUs) and other…

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