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DOH SHOULD RELEASE CASE-LEVEL DATA ON MASS TESTING — VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva wants more data from the Department of Health (DOH)’s publicly-shared data in its COVID-19 monitoring platform to further enrich the quality of information that would be analyzed by volunteer research teams. At the same time, Villanueva also urged the DOH to release the case-level data on mass testing which analysts could use […]

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MASS TESTING TO PROVIDE CLEARER PICTURE OF COVID-19 SPREAD – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian commended the government for extending the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until April 30 to utilize the time to test and treat COVID-19 patients and slow the rate of infection. The veteran legislator reiterated that the April 14 mass testing will provide a clearer picture of the COVID-19 spread in the country by […]

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QC GOVT TO START COMMUNITY-BASED TESTING FOR COVID-19

Quezon City Health Department (QCHD) head Dr. Esperanza Arias, said the city government is set to conduct an initial 1,300 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests next week using test kits coming from the Department of Health (DOH). Arias said the tests will be done in areas of Quezon City that have the highest number of […]

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TESTING CAN CATCH UP DURING ECQ EXTENSION — ANGARA

President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to extend the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until the end of April is “reasonable” and justified, senators said. The government earlier announced that the month-long ECQ, which was originally to end on April 13, was extended to April 30 to curb the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “Better […]

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MASS TESTING WILL PAINT CLEARER PICTURE OF COVID-19 SPREAD IN COUNTRY – GATCHALIAN

Mass testing will paint a clearer picture of the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country and help track down those who are infected so they can at once be isolated or ordered quarantined. This is according to Senator Win Gatchalian who also stressed that mass testing should have a targeted approach […]