Duterte lifts ban on overseas deployment of health workers, but imposes cap
While the ban has been repealed, Roque said the country would only allow 5,000 “new hires” to be deployed every year.
Medical frontliners to get additional pay
The incentives will be sourced from the Bayanihan 2 budget.
Zambo mayor proposes board and lodging subsidies for contact tracers
Zamboanga City has proposed the granting of subsidies for the board and lodging expenses of contact tracers deployed to the different areas in the region.
Time-out 2? Roque wants to give frontliners another breather
“Siguro po puwede nating irekomenda sa mga ospital na habang nasa 50 percent lang po ang ating utilization rate ng ating health facilities, baka pupuwedeng pagbakasyunin iyong ilang mga frontliners natin para sa ganoon ay makapagpahinga habang hindi pa po kritikal ang ating critical care capacity,” Roque said in a Palace briefing.
Palace tells nurses to take advantage of gov’t emergency recruitment
Both Duque and Roque have appealed to the nurses to practice “nationalism” amid the deployment ban.