Zambo still under Alert Level 3, RT-PCR requirement scrapped

THE NATIONAL Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has extended Zamboanga City under Alert Level 3 until the end of February along with the provinces of Davao de Oro, Davao Occidental, South Cotabato in Mindanao and Iloilo City, Iloilo province and Guimaras in the Visayas due to the high number of active Covid-19 cases.

Cebu now requires negative RT-PCR tests

CEBU – International travellers whether Filipino or foreigners arriving at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport are now required to present negative RT-PCR test results taken within 48 hours before departing from their country of origin, and this is on top of their vaccination card.

Free RT-PCR tests?

CHIEF COVID frontliner Mayor Beng Climaco announces the possibility of granting free RT-PCR tests to essential workers and APOR or those people who are authorized to travel under different community quarantine statuses or levels once the local government-owned molecular laboratory is operational.

Zambo rejects proposal to scrap travellers’ RT-PCR requirement

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office on Thursday rejected a proposal by local lawmakers to ease travel restrictions here by allowing fully vaccinated persons to enter Zamboanga without RT-PCR requirement.

Mayor proposes ‘free’ Covid testing

CHIEF COVID frontliner Mayor Beng Climaco said she will ask the support of the City Council to provide a wider coverage of RT-PCR testing in Zamboanga in response to the clamor of the public.

Travellers using fake RT-PCR test results warned

MAYOR BENG Climaco warned persons against using falsified negative RT-PCR tests to enter Zamboanga City after local authorities intercepted 8 people from the neighboring province of Basilan bearing fake RT-PCR test results.

No negative RT-PCR test, no entry in Zamboanga

ALL TRAVELLERS and even individuals who have received their Covid-19 vaccine or those fully vaccinated are required to present their negative RT-PCR test results upon entering Zamboanga City as part of stricter health protocols in combating the spread of the deadly virus.

Zambo stricter quarantine measures effective!

THE SURGE in the local Covid-19 cases has drastically slowed down following the stricter implementation of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine or MECQ.

Vaccinated or not, negative RT-PCR test still required for travellers

THE CITY government of Zamboanga said all individuals who have received their Covid-19 vaccine or those who are fully vaccinated are still required to present their negative RT-PCR test results.

APORs must also undergo RT-PCR testing: Zambo Mayor

MAYOR BENG Climaco has asked the Covid-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to include both government and private APORs to undergo mandatory RT-PCR testing before they are allowed entry to Zamboanga City.

Zambo tightens anti-Covid measures

  ‘Travellers need to present negative RT-PCR test result’

DOH wants RT-PCR testing for Cebu air travellers

CEBU CITY – The Department of Health in Central Visayas said it is now pushing for the revival of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for the travellers arriving at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport.

RT-PCR test still needed for travellers

MAYOR BENG Climaco said the local government will continue to require RT-PCR test for people travelling to Zamboanga City as part of a strict health protocols against the spread of the deadly Covid-19 disease.

IATF approves uniform protocols on local travel

‘No more Covid tests unless LGU requires it’

THE NATIONAL task force on Covid-19 has eased travel restrictions, including documentary requirements for travellers across the country.

Covid test results fakers face arrest

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned individuals who are faking their Covid-19 test results following a series of apprehensions of people carrying forged RT-PCR test results.