MANILA— About 4,000 repatriated Filipino migrant workers are stuck in Metro Manila due to the P930-million government debt that forced the Philippine Red Cross to suspend state-funded COVID-19 tests, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday.
This meant that OFWs have to wait for "beyond one week" in quarantine facilities, from the previous 3 to 4 days, he said. Officials earlier said the PRC's testing load had to be diverted to other labs after the suspension. PRC handled about 1 million COVID-19 tests, or around a fourth of the country's total 4.1 million tests so far. The organization said it would no longer accept specimens for PhilHealth funded-tests until the latter settled its P930 million debt.
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