MANILA - Eleven petitioners led by former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo asked the Supreme Court on Friday to compel the Philippine government to conduct free coronavirus mass testing as the country continues to battle the pandemic.
Supreme Court urged to compel PH govt to conduct free mass testing, ramp up contact tracing and rapid containment and improve laboratory testing capacity amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Among the petitioners is ex-DSWD Sec Judy Taguiwalo. pic.twitter.com/mTfwU7sVcNA petition for mandamus seeks to order a tribunal, corporation, board, officer, or person to perform an unlawfully neglected duty.
The petitioners also asked the high court to require the government to ramp up its contact tracing efforts and improve its laboratory testing capacity for the virus. "Ibabasura po iyan ng Korte Suprema, kasi sa mula’t mula po mayroon po talaga tayong programa na targeted testing," he said in a virtual press briefing.
Under the government's expanded targeted COVID-19 testing program, symptomatic patients and health workers on the frontlines of the battle against the pandemic are prioritized for testing.
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