Singapore donated 40,000 testing kits to the Philippines on Sunday when the Chinese embassy in Manila insisted that its donation of 100,000 kits were effective against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Several lawmakers and some celebrities have been criticized in news reports and on social media after several people complained that they could not get Covid-19 tests at their local health facilities.

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