The Department of Health says families of 25 out of 32 health workers who died due to the coronavirus received funds promised to them, while checks for 10 of the 42 health workers severely infected are ready.
HIGH RISK. Workers wear personal protective equipment in Tondo, Manila, on June 2, 2020. Photo by Dante Diosina Jr/Rappler
The DOH said it is waiting for pending documents from 5 families whose relatives died before the government could release funds owed to them.
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