Health warriors: A woman walking past a mural paying tribute to Covid-19 frontliners in Manila. — AP
THE Philippine Red Cross (PRC) should continue its Covid-19 testing services after President Rodrigo Duterte gave his assurance that the government will settle the more than 930 million peso (RM79mil) debt of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth), Malacanang said.“The President has committed to pay. I don’t think there’s any reason for Red Cross to doubt that the President committed to pay.
“And because of this, I believe testing should continue since the Red Cross has been assured that they will be paid, ” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview on CNN Philippines yesterday.
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