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The government’s pandemic response: What’s changed since last year?

In Mar. 2020, the government announced a hard lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. In Mar. 2021, the government announced an “NCR plus GCQ bubble” to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sounds familiar?

Want to get a saliva RT-PCR test? Now you can leave your samples at these malls

Make sure to book an appointment and pay online before you head out to the specimen collection sites

PH ranks 79 out of 98 countries in COVID-19 response

The only other Southeast Asian country that scored lower was Indonesia at 85th place

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You can get free COVID-19 swab tests in Manila, but only by appointment

The city has upgraded its free COVID-19 drive-thru testing at the Quirino Grandstand from serology to RT-PCR tests

We possibly have 3 million undetected COVID-19 cases in the country as per Ateneo study

Remember when we asked for mass testing but the government said we didn’t have funds…

That 40k COVID-19 cases prediction we just ‘beat’? It might go up to 60k come July 30, says UP

We may have beaten the prediction of researchers from the University of the Philippines (UP),…

Impatient OFWs escape quarantine facilities not knowing they are COVID-19 positive

Some unknown number of repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have reportedly escaped hotels-turned-quarantine facilities without…

San Miguel donates swabbing booths, testing kits to provide testing to underserved communities

According to a report by the Department of Health (DOH) dated May 10, we have…

In the absence of COVID-19 mass testing, staying home is the least we can do

Here’s a mathematical equation for us: Out of the estimated 109,581,078 population of the country…

PH can now conduct 12,000 COVID-19 tests daily

The country’s COVID-19 mass testing capacity has now increased from 5,000 tests per day to…