The Philippines has conducted more than three million COVID-19 tests as of mid-September, as the government continues to implement an aggressive testing program to detect COVID-19 cases.
In a recent webinar with investors, National Action Plan Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Secretary Vince Dizon also reported that testing per day has drastically increased to almost 42,000 per day, from just over 500 tests conducted per day in March.
The Department of Health praised Clark’s best practices in managing the COVID-19 situation, including the smooth and efficient repatriation process of returning overseas Filipinos arriving at the freeport zone.
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has sent a letter to the Senate and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Gilbert Gapay stating the following in relation to its remittances and contributions to the AFP:
A total of 61 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were sent home Thursday, August 20, from the We Heal As One Center at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija after recovering from COVID-19.
A simple send-off was held by the Bureau of Quarantine and the medical staff for the COVID survivors—the first batch discharged from the facility—before they were fetched by their families and loved ones to go home.
The OFWs stayed at the quarantine facility which has 478 air-conditioned rooms allotted for COVID-positive patients, while 44 rooms are for the medical staff.
World-class airline, Emirates, operated its first A380 commercial flight in Clark, Pampanga today, August 19, via the Clark International Airport.
The Philippines now conducts the most number of COVID-19 tests compared to its Southeast Asian neighbors, based on recent figures from Our World in Data, an England-based data and research platform.
Our World in Data’s graph shows that the country has increased its number of people tested on a seven-day average to more than 30,000, topping Indonesia’s 12,777 tests, Malaysia’s 6,494 tests, Singapore’s 5,551 tests, Thailand’s 1,926 tests and Myanmar’s 1,126 tests as of end-July. Vietnam recorded a high of 10,906 tests.
