MANILA, Oct 24 (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday his government will pay the 931 million pesos ($19.25 million) it owes the Red Cross after the humanitarian agency stopped conducting Covid-19 tests.
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), which has conducted 1.1 million swab tests and accounts for quarter of the country's output, on Friday (Oct 23) stopped providing testing services until it gets paid, prompting the country's limited number of laboratories to fill the gap.
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