DOH targets to lower price of RT-PCR tests – Duque
The Department of Health is taking measures to lower the price cap for swab tests or RT-PCR tests, DOH chief Francisco Duque said Friday. “That is P1.4 billion a day. …
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Boracay requires negative RT-PCR test results for tourists
Tourists going on vacation to Boracay will be required to present a negative RT-PCR test result again. According to the order issued on Wednesday by Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores, it …
RT-PCR test free for local tourists: DOT
Starting this Monday, the Department of Tourism (DOT) will have a free RT-PCR test for qualified local tourists. It is amid the easing of domestic travel in various parts of …
Fully vaccinated can enter Occ. Mindoro even without RT-PCR test
The RT-PCR test will no longer be required for anyone entering Occidental Mindoro as long as they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This is under an executive order issued by …
COVID-19 variant undetected by RT-PCR test alarming
The OCTA Research Group, a group that conducts studies on COVID-19 data, was alarmed by the report that a COVID-19 variant was discovered in Brittany, France that was not detected …
LIST: International destinations requiring negative RT-PCR test results
The following countries are requiring passengers to take a COVID-19 RT-PCR Test, whether for essential or non-essential travel reasons. The COVID-19 RT-PCR or Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) …
PNP to arrest fakers of RT-PCR test results
The Department of the Interior and the Local Government (DILG) has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest and prosecute those who are faking COVID-19 RT-PCR test results. According …
Galvez warns against forgers of RT-PCR test results
COVID-19 national policy chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. warns against those making counterfeit RT-PCR test results. He said the government will investigate the alleged forgers of the …
PAL offers free RT-PCR tests to OFWs returning from Middle East
Philippine Airlines (PAL)offers free RT-PCR tests for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Middle East during the holiday season. The free COVID-19 swab test would run from December 21 …
DOT eyes subsidizing RT-PCR test cost of tourists
The Department of Tourism (DOT) eyes subsidize 50 percent of the RT-PCR or nasal swab test costs of tourists. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Tuesday DOT plans to sign an …