Taguig urges residents to get free Covid-19 tests
Taguig City is urging residents and others going to and from the city to avail themselves of barangay-based or drive-thru testing, amid rising cases of Covid-19 in the country.The city’s Systematic Mass Approach to Responsible Testing or SMART Testing will be used to...
Duterte orders price cap on Covid-19 tests
Executive Order (EO) No. 118, signed by Duterte on Wednesday, directed the DOH and DTI to come up with an “equitable and sensitive” price range for Covid-19 tests.
Palace appeals to hospitals to lower Covid-19 testing prices
“Ang panawagan po natin, napakadaming laboratories, gobyerno po ang nag-donate o kaya pribadong sektor ang nag-donate ng makina at mga test kits, ibaba ninyo po ang mga presyo,” Palace spokesman Harry Roque said.
Insufficient testing? ‘Nothing will ever be enough’ to critics, says Palace
“Of course, nothing will ever be enough for someone na hindi nakakakita ng kahit anong mabuti sa pamahalaan,” Roque said in a Laging Handa briefing.