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Iloilo City Government has started plans to establish its own testing laboratory in July in an effort to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Mayor Jerry P. Treñas stressed …
Iloilo City eyes own COVID Lab and Dormitory Read More
The Province of Guimaras has procured 4,000 COVID-19 test kits as it plans to conduct targeted testing for the disease. Of the number, 1,000 are rapid test kits worth Php …
Guimaras buys P8M-worth of COVID-19 test kits Read More
Iloilo City Government has scaled mass testing efforts to contain spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To date, there were 1,969 people swabbed for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests. Some 600 …
Iloilo City ups COVID-19 mass testing efforts Read More
Department of Health in Western Visayas reported 8 new cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the region, five of them are from Iloilo City. In a case bulletin no. …
DOH-6 reports 8 new COVID-19 cases Read More Department of Health Western Visayas reported that the Province of Guimaras now has a confirmed case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The patient, who is an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), …
Guimaras records first case of COVID-19 Read More
The SM Group has turned over the medical supplies donation to the City of Iloilo and other hospitals in Western Visayas. The donation for Iloilo City forms part of SM’s …
SM supports Iloilo City, WV with medical supplies, relief assistance Read More
Iloilo City will be under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until May 15, 2020. UPDATE: It’s GCQ not ECQ, Trenas announced Wednesday morning. Mayor Jerry P. Treñas confirmed on Tuesday night …
Treñas confirms ECQ is extended in Iloilo City until May 15 Read More
Once again, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has claimed the life of an Ilonggo nurse abroad. The 44-year-old Marlon Jimenea, whose family hails from Dingle, Iloilo but now residents of Lapaz …
Ilonggo nurse in UAE dies of COVID-19 Read More
Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday, April 22 that there already over a thousand health workers infected with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a virtual presser, Health Undersecretary Maria …
DOH: 1,062 health workers positive for COVID-19 Read More
Iloilo City has another patient who tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing the total to seven in the metropolis. “This is an imported case,” said Iloilo City Mayor …
Iloilo City reports 7th case of COVID-19 Read More