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BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO AND JERICO J. KAHULUGAN TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (August 4)—The Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) here on Monday inaugurated its molecular laboratory for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) testing that will augment and expand the testing capacity of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila. Dr. Glenn Matthew Baggao, CVMC chief, said the hospital’s Covid testing center has a newly constructed building with three Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machines for its operation. He added that once license to operate from the RITM and the Department of Health (DoH) arrives, the laboratory is expected to operate 24/7 as they already have trained medical technologists to man the testing center. ...

BY OLIVER T. BACCAY TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (August 3)—There are additional 13 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) as per latest confirmation of the Department of Health (DOH) Region 2. Rio Magpantay, DOH Region 2 director, said of the new cases, 10 are from Isabela province, two in Nueva Vizcaya and one in Cagayan. CV 326 is a 32-year-old female from Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya who is an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Saudi Arabia. She is asymptomatic and now at the quarantine facility of the local government unit (LGU). CV 327 is a 30-year-old male from City of Ilagan, Isabela, a locally stranded individual (LSI) from Caloocan City. He is asymptomatic and now at the city's quarantine facility. CV 328 is a 30-year-old male f...

BY OLIVER T. BACCAY TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (August 2)—The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 2 has confirmed two additional cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that are counted for National Capital Region (NCR) data. Llexter Guzman, DOH Region 2 health education and promotions officer, said the newly tested individuals are both locally stranded individuals who were tested in NCR before they traveled home to their respective towns in the province. The first of the cases is a 26-year-old male from Abulug town. He experienced colds and loss of sense of taste since July 15. A specimen sample was collected from him on July 24 at St Luke's Medical Center. He traveled in the province on July 31 but the result of his swab test was only released yesterday. He is now at the qu...

BY OLIVER T. BACCAY TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (August 2)—The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 2 has confirmed two additional cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that are counted for National Capital Region (NCR) data. Llexter Guzman, DOH Region 2 health education and promotions officer, said the newly tested individuals are both locally stranded individuals who were tested in NCR before they traveled home to their respective towns in the province. The first of the cases is a 26-year-old male from Abulug town. He experienced colds and loss of sense of taste since July 15. A specimen sample was collected from him on July 24 at St Luke's Medical Center. He traveled in the province on July 31 but the result of his swab test was only released yesterday. He is now at the qu...