Chinese National Owning Fake Antigen Test Kits Arrested Police authorities arrested a Chinese national after he was caught with fake antigen test kits inside his warehouse in San Miguel, Manila. After detecting phony rapid antigen test kits in his possession, the foreign individual was detained by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Aside from that, he … Read more
Online Seller Arrested Over Smuggled Test Kits Police authorities arrested an online seller who is allegedly selling test kits that were discovered to be smuggled. Authorities searched the online seller’s location at 555 Carlos Palanca, San Miguel, Manila, and confiscated test kits and other illicit commodities. Joint operatives of the MICP Customs Intelligence and Investigation … Read more
Maggie Wilson Slams Overpriced Antigen Test Kits Sold in the Philippines Former beauty queen Maggie Wilson air dismay to the government due to the overpriced antigen test kits of COVID-19 in the Philippines. Maggie Wilson couldn’t help but voice her dissatisfaction with the Philippines’ double-priced COVID-19 antigen test kits. She went so far as to … Read more
10 Individuals Selling COVID-19 Test Kits Illegally in Quezon City Arrested Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) operatives arrested ten people in Quezon City for illegally selling COVID-19 test kits. According to the Philippine News Agency, the suspects were apprehended in an entrapment operation after selling 30 boxes of Clungene rapid test kits worth P204,000 … Read more
Chinese and Filipino Selling Unregistered Test Kits Arrested in Navotas Police arrested a Chinese national and a Filipino man in Navotas City after caught selling unregistered COVID-19 test kits. In a report of Philippine News Agency, two individuals, including a Chinese national and a Filipino, were arrested in a police operation against the sale of … Read more
Tanzania President Ordered Probe Over Test Kits After Goat, Papaya Positive with COVID-19 TANZANIA – The president ordered a probe of the imported test kits after a goat and papaya was tested positive with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Recently, there are reports that animals such as cats and dogs have been infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). … Read more
Tarlac Governor Donates Salary For COVID-19 Response TARLA – The governor of Tarlac, Susan Yap, donated her 3-month pay to purchase rapid COVID-19 test kits. All governments and health experts are fighting to contain the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). People who showed symptoms of fever, shortness of breath and dry cough will … Read more
Grieving PUM Couldn’t Go To Mother’s Funeral PUM – A devastated son is now considered a person under monitoring because his mom was diagnosed with pneumonia. He now handles his grief in isolation. Losing a parent can be a confusing or shocking experience. It is difficult to understand unless you have personally experienced it. Due … Read more
Shopee Donates PPEs, Test Kits to Various Hospitals in Luzon E-commerce platform Shopee donates thousands of personal protective equipments and test kits to hospitals in hospitals in Luzon. Senator Christoper Bong Go thanked the e-commerce platform Shopee for donating 100,000 surgical masks and 3,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test kits approved by Food and Drug Administration … Read more
Health Department Apologizes For Claiming Some China Test Kits Have Low Accuracy Rate The Department of Health has apologized for claiming that some test kits from China are only 40% accurate and explained that 100k test kits are okay. Last weekend, the Health Department reported that some coronavirus test kits from the Chinese government have … Read more