While President Rodrigo Duterte made the appeal, it is not clear if he approved an Inter-Agency Task Force resolution to allow health workers with existing contracts to leave the country. COVID19PH
FRONTLINES. Medical workers take a moment to perform a solidarity clap for their fellow front-liners outside the doors of Santa Ana Hospital in Manila on April 9, 2020. Photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappleragainst overseas Filipino health workers that quickly drew backlash, President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to medical workers to remain in the country during the coronavirus outbreak.
In a late-night speech on Monday, April 13, Duterte said he could not blame Filipino nurses for leaving the Philippines to seek better pay for their work, but requested they stay in the country to help treat the increasing number of coronavirus cases.
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