MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
Volume IX, No. 253
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
FDA approves five brands of Rapid Antibody Test Kits for COVID-19
IN what could be a critical turning point in the country’s battle against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved today, March 30, 2020, the use of five (5) brands of Rapid Test Kits for COVID-19. “We approve kits that are registered and used in countries with advanced technology and wide experience with COVID 19. We want the people to have access to testing but of course, proper evaluation and safeguards will still be in place,” FDA Director General Eric Domingo said in press statement posted in the FDA website. According to the FDA Advisory No. 2020-483, approved where the following (with countries of origin): NANJING VAZYME 2019nCoV IgG/IgM DETECTION KIT (Singapore); NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-NCOV) IgM/IgG See KITS, page 11
Passengers of March 14 PAL flight to Ozamis traced By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent
ILIGAN CITY -- The provincial government of Misamis Occidental is now tracing passengers of a March 14 morning flight of the Philippine Airlines who may have direct physical contact with a patient admitted at a hospital in Ozamiz City who tested positive of COVID-19. In a live streaming on social media, Misamis Occidental Governor Phillip Tan, called on the passenger to report to have themselves checke and imposed a 14-day home quarantine while b eing monitored by health personnel. See FLIGHT, page 11
FDA Advisory No.2020-483 List of FDA Approved Antibody Test Kits (pna)
MinDA chief ends 14-day quarantine By PREXX MARNIE KATE TROZO
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DAVAO CITY — The Kidapawan City Health Office has given a certification to Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol for being cleared of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Saturday. In a Facebook post, he said he was given the clearance after he completed his self-quarantine which Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) SecGenexpert system with Xpert started on March 14. Xpress SARS-CoV-2 test.
See CHIEF, page 11
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