VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This is NOT a photo of a COVID-19 patient’s throat
It was taken in May 2018, months before the disease first emerged.
It was taken in May 2018, months before the disease first emerged.
Sinimulan ng gobyerno ang mass testing sa coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isang buwan matapos ideklara ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang state of public health emergency at kalaunan nagpataw ang isang lockdown sa buong Luzon upang mapigilan ang pagkalat ng virus na nagdala ng sakit sa 4,932 katao at pumatay sa 315, kabilang ang 21 mga doktor, base sa rekord ng Abril 13, alas-4 ng hapon.
The government started mass testing on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) one month after President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of public health emergency and later imposed a Luzon-wide lockdown to stop the rampaging virus that has afflicted 4,932 persons and claimed the lives of 315, including 21 doctors, as of 4 p.m. on April 13.
Reports on the matter do not say the kits are supplied from China.
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Aware of the limited number of testing kits for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), high government officials still hurried to have themselves tested even if they did not show any of the symptoms of infection. Hence, they earned public criticism for bypassing protocols and kept people asking who should undergo testing and who should heal at home.
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