Senators ask gov’t: why no COVID-19 tests for returning employees?

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Senators ask gov’t: why no COVID-19 tests for returning employees?
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Senators on Monday raised concern over the government's decision not require testing for employees who would return to work.

Senators on Monday raised concern over the government’s decision not to require testing for employees who would return to work.“I am so worried the decision the IATF ,” said Sen. Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, in text message.

“The absence of will put our workers at risk and will add to the strain of our healthcare system,” he stressed. “We need to test workers returning to work. This needs to be arranged by employers and DOH ,” Hontiveros tweeted. The DOH earlier said that testing will not be a condition for return to work in areas under eased quarantine rules, as agreed by members of the IATF.Its memorandum states that “employers who opt to conduct testing may do so in a representative sample of those who have returned to work physically and have a high risk of contracting COVID-19 due to the nature of the work.”

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