Davao suspends free swab tests for airport passengers

The free Real-Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction Test (RT-PCR) for arriving passengers at Davao International Airport (DIA) has been temporarily suspended by the Davao City Government as it redirects its resources to address the rising number of local transmission after the holiday season.

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Gina and her family of 12 live in this shanty with no electricity and water. They need to buy water everyday for their needs. (Photo courtesy of Dexter Ogayon)

Suffer thy poor: Lockdown, economic slowdown hurt Davao’s relocation community

Her family of 12 only eats two full meals a day, and most times it is just rice doused in soy sauce or salt given to them by their neighbor.

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