CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Costs for procuring the test kits of the ‘strategized community testing’ in Cebu are shouldered by local governments and members of the private sector, local sources
A medical frontliner takes a blood sample during the strategized rapid mass testing in Cebu City. | CDN Digital Photo by Gerard Vincent Francisco
“Supplemental Budget No. 2, which amounts to P1 billion, serves as our fund for our Response, Relief, and Recovery — our strategies to address the crisis. This includes the purchase of test kits for the strategic mass testing,” said Gealon in Cebuano in a live press conference. DOH-7’s chief pathologist, Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, also said in an earlier press conference that OPAV and several members of the private sector were part of PBB.
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