Covid-19 task force orders PCSO to release P420.6M to PhilHealth; endorses P1.5B for OFWs

Mar 25, 2020 | Top Stories

Officials from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases meet with President Rodrigo Duterte at Malacañan Palace on March 16, 2020. KARL NORMAN ALONZO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

The interagency task force dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic has ordered the government sweepstakes agency to release P420.6 million to fund subsidies for members of the state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. or PhilHealth.

In a resolution dated March 24, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases said the amount represented 50 percent of the remainder of a standby fund, and would finance PhilHealth Covid-19 packages.

The task force also endorsed the release of P1.5 billion in financial assistance for overseas workers, including those repatriated from virus-hit countries.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday signed into law the “Bayanihan To Heal As One Act,” which grants him extra powers to address the pandemic. (PressONE.ph)

 

1 Comment

  1. Jacqueline C. Dela Cruz.
    Jacqueline C. Dela Cruz. on March 27, 2020 at 9:57 am

    I am also an OFW…. Hope that financially help to spare as soon as possible. And working in a newly open restaurant here in Pangasinan.
    Can’t go to work as well and I need financial assistance for my Mom. Thank you… Keep safe & pray for us that this will be done.. Hoping for a normal life again. ????