The Philippines’ Department of Health has listed a total of 85 licensed COVID-19 testing facilities around the country where Filipinos can get tested for the coronavirus disease.
Passengers headed to the UAE will not be allowed to board the plane if they are unable to present their negative coronavirus test result within the past 96 hours.
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Each test cost is estimated at Php5,000 similar to UAE’s pricings at Dh370 per COVID-19 swab test.
Here’s the official list as of July 16 according to the DOH’s Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau:
1 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City AFRIMS – Collaborative Molecular Laboratory
2 NCR Metro Manila Muntilupa City Asian Hospital and Medical Center
3 NCR Metro Manila City of Manila Chinese General Hospital
4 NCR Metro Manila Mandaluyong City Detoxicare Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
5 NCR Metro Manila Caloocan City Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (GeneXpert))
6 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP)
7 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City Lung Center of the Philippines (GeneXpert)
8 NCR Metro Manila Makati City Makati Medical Center (HB)
9 NCR Metro Manila Marikina City Marikina Molecular Diagnostic laboratory
10 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City Philippine Genome Center UP-Diliman (NHB)
11 NCR Metro Manila Mandaluyong City Philippine Red Cross
12 NCR Metro Manila City of Manila Philippine Red Cross – Port Area
13 NCR Metro Manila Mandaluyong City Philippine Red Cross Logistics and Multipurpose Center
14 NCR Metro Manila Muntinlupa City Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Inc. (RITM)
15 NCR Metro Manila City of Manila San Lazaro Hospital
16 NCR Metro Manila Makati City Singapore Diagnostic, Inc.
17 NCR Metro Manila Bonifacio Global City St. Luke’s Medical Center – BGC (HB)
18 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City St. Luke’s Medical Center- QC
19 NCR Metro Manila Pasig City The Medical City – Ortigas
20 NCR Metro Manila City of Manila University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health (UP NIH)
21 NCR Metro Manila City of Manila University of the Philippines UP-PGH-MRL (NHB)
22 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) – (HB)
23 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory (PNP Crime Lab.)
24 NCR Metro Manila Mandaluyong City Safeguard DNA Diagnostic, Inc.
25 NCR Metro Manila City of Manila Tondo Medical Center (GeneXpert)
26 NCR Metro Manila Makati City Tropical Disease Foundation. Inc.
27 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City Hi-Precision (QC)
28 NCR Metro Manila Mandaluyong City San Miguel Foundation Testing Laboratory
29 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) – (HB)
30 NCR Metro Manila City of Manila Sta. Ana Hospital – Closed System Molecular Laboratory
31 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City Fe Del Mundo Medical Center
32 NCR Metro Manila Mandaluyong City Health Delivery Systems, Inc.
33 NCR Metro Manila Caloocan City Dr. Jose B. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (TALA)
34 NCR Metro Manila Quezon City Philippine Heart Center
35 NCR Metro Manila Pasay City Philippine Airport Diagnostic Laboratory
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36 Region 1 La Union San Fernando Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center
37 Region 1 Ilocos Norte Batac Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital
38 Region 1 Pangasinan Dagupan Region 1 Medical Center
39 Region 1 La Union San Juan Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center
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40 Region 2 Cagayan Tuguegarao City Cagayan Valley CHD TB Reference Laboratory ( GeneXpert)
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41 Region 3 Pampanga San Fernando Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital
42 Region 3 Bataan Balanga Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center
43 Region 3 Bataan Balanga City Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center
44 Region 3 Pampanga San Fernando Green City Medical Center
45 Region 3 Zambales Subic Philippine Red Cross – Logistics and Training Center
46 Region 3 Bulacan Malolos Bulacan Medical Center
47 Region 3 Pampanga Clark City Philippine Red Cross – Clark Molecular Laboratory
48 Region 3 Bulacan San Jose Del Monte Qualimed Hospital – San Jose Del Monte
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49 Region 4A Cavite Dasmarinas Cavite De La Salle University – Cavite
50 Region 4A Quezon Lucena City Lucena United Doctors Hospital and Medical Center
51 Region 4A Cavite Imus Ospital ng Imus
52 Region 4A Batangas Batangas City Batangas Medical Center
53 Region 4A Laguna Sta. Rosa Qualimed Hospital Sta. Rosa
54 Region 4A Laguna San Pablo City San Pablo District Hospital
55 Region 4A Laguna Los Baños UPLB Covid-19 Molecular Laboratory
56 Region 4A Batangas Batangas City PRC- Batangas Chapter Molecular Laboratory
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57 Region 4B Palawan Puerto Princesa Ospital ng Palawan
58 Region 4B Oriental Mindoro Calapan Oriental Mindoro Provincial Hospital
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59 Region 5 Albay Legazpi City Bicol Regional Diagnostic and Reference Laboratory
60 Region 5 Camarines Sur Naga Bicol Medical Center
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61 Region 6 Iloilo Iloilo City Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC)
62 Region 6 Negros Occidental Silay City Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital
63 Region 6 Iloilo Mandurriao Qualimed Health Network – Iloilo
64 Region 6 Negros Occidental Bacolod City Carazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital
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65 Region 7 Cebu Lapu Lapu City Allegiant Regional Care Hospital
66 Region 7 Cebu Cebu City Cebu TB Reference Laboratory
67 Region 7 Cebu Cebu City Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC)
68 Region 7 Cebu Lapu Lapu City Prime Care Alpha Covid-19 Testing Laboratory
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69 Region 8 Leyte Tacloban City Divine Word Hospital
70 Region 8 Leyte Tacloban City Eastern Visayas Regional Covid-19 Testing Center
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71 Region 9 Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga City Zamboanga City Medical Center (GeneXpert)
72 Region 9 Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga City Zamboanga City Medical Center-Department of Agriculture Satellite Laboratory for COVID-19 Testing
73 Region 9 Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga City Ciudad Medical Zamboanga
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74 Region 10 Misamis Oriental Cagayan De Oro City Northern Mindanao Medical Center (GeneXpert)
75 Region 10 Misamis Oriental Cagayan De Oro City Northern Mindanao TB Regional Center
76 Region 10 Misamis Oriental Cagayan De Oro City Polymedic Medical Plaza, Inc.
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77 Region 11 Davao Del Sur Davao City Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC)
78 Region 11 Davao Del Sur Davao City Davao One World Diagnostic Center Incorporated
79 Region 11 Davao Del Norte Tagum City Davao Regional Medical Center
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80 Region 12 Cotabato Cotabato City Cotabato Regional and Medical Center
81 Region 12 South Cotabato Koronadal City Dr. Arturo Pingoy Medical Center
82 Region 12 South Cotabato General Santos City St. Elizabeth Hospital
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83 CAR Benguet Baguio City Baguio General Hospital Medical Center (BGHMC)
84 CAR Benguet Baguio City Parkway Medical and Diagnostic Center
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85 BARMM Lanao Del Sur Marawi Amai Pakpak Medical Center
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Emirates, for instance, has strict conditions on passenger requirements. The airline strictly enforces the ‘no results, no boarding’ policy across their flights applicable to a number of countries, including the Philippines.
“Without a test certificate, you will not be accepted on the flight. Your certificate must be issued by a local government approved laboratory. If the UAE government has specified a designated laboratory in your country of origin, then you must get your certificate from that lab. Certificates must be issued no more than 96 hours before departure,” said the announcement from Emirates.
Here is the list of countries:
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Egypt
India
Iran
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Russian Federation
Sudan
Tanzania
USA – Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Orlando (MCO), including passengers originating from California, Florida and Texas connecting to an Emirates flight from any airports worldwide to Dubai.
