Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, January 12 pressed the government to immediately “release and disperse” the P7.92 billion fund in the 2022 national budget for the government’s COVID-19 Laboratory Network so the current surge in the demand for testing could be met.
To be able to do this, public hospitals and clinics need to buy and stock up on testing kits and laboratory commodities, he explained.“Parang bakuna po iyan. Ipamahagi na po sana agad. It should be wrapped with ‘Do not Delay’ markings’),’’ ,’’ he pointed out. “This can be read as mandate for free swab testing. Explicit po ang sinasabi ng General Appropriations Act: Magtayo ng pop-up testing centers,” he added.
Under a DOH circular that took effect Sept. 6, price caps for RT-PCR tests were set at P3,360 for plate-based and P2,940 for GeneXpert in private laboratories.
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