Price cap for Covid-19 tests set
Duque said such tests in public hospitals and laboratories should be priced at P3,800. Private facilities, meanwhile, can charge P4,500 to P5,000 per test.
Duque said such tests in public hospitals and laboratories should be priced at P3,800. Private facilities, meanwhile, can charge P4,500 to P5,000 per test.
Executive Order (EO) No. 118, signed by Duterte on Wednesday, directed the DOH and DTI to come up with an “equitable and sensitive” price range for Covid-19 tests.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque owes CNN Philippines and its reporter Triciah Terada an apology for his boorish and, as it turned out, misbegotten tirade,” the NUJP said.
Not all Filipinos wanting to be tested for the virus that causes the the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be tested after all.
Palace spokesman Harry Roque announced on Tuesday that four “mega swabbing centers” would be in operation to speed up mass testing for Covid-19, aiming to bump up the tests conducted from 5,000 to 30,000 daily.