Sen. Grace Poe said Thursday members of Congress have ensured that there will be funds under the P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget for sustained contact tracing and purchase of necessary equipment, as well as vaccines, to address the threat of the new COVID-19 variant that was first discovered in the United Kingdom.
“Unlike last year, the DoH should be better prepared to stop the spread of the UK COVID-19 variant,” Poe said. “The potential impact of this variant will burden our already stressed health facilities and the economy. But more than the economic repercussions, we cannot afford another surge of the coronavirus, which has already claimed the lives of too many of our friends, family, and colleagues,” Poe said.
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