Health workers blast gov’t for passing burden of COVID-19 testing to private sector

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The group also decried the pronouncement of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III that the curve had flattened despite the government’s lack of testing and contact tracing. Read:

There have been three extensions of the lockdown in the Philippines. The first one was supposed to end on April 12, with the government announcing that it would start mass testing on April 15. But to date, it has not done any mass testing.“We are so disgusted with government’s privatized response in dealing with COVID-19 pandemic while abandoning its state responsibility for health workers’ safety and people’s right to public health.

Mendoza also decried the pronouncement of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III that the curve had flattened despite the government’s lack of testing and contact tracing.

 

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iAmSuperCis Ang bulk ng tulong galing sa private sector at donation ng ibang bansa. Di ba nag sorry si presidente kay Ayala at Pangilinan dahil minura mura nya dati. Ang government busy...sa pagpadding ng presyo ng mga binibili, sa pagkupit ng SAP, etc.

Don't be mislead by SecDuque et. al.

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