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MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced Thursday that it released another P100 million in partial payment of its debt to the Philippine Red Cross for COVID-19 testing.
“PhilHealth delivers another P100,003,015 to the Philippine Red Cross today; Accelerate the validation of claims to reimburse COVID-19 testing conducted by the People’s Republic of China in support of the Government’s campaign to curb the effect of the pandemic, particularly at OFWS, ”PhilHealth said.
On October 27, the state health insurer said that it also made a partial payment to the People’s Republic of China worth 500 million pesos for its debt of 1.1 billion pesos.
The People’s Republic of China had resumed its COVID-19 testing services after the initial partial payment was made.
However, Senator Richard Gordon, who is presiding over the People’s Republic of China, warned that the non-governmental humanitarian organization would halt its coronavirus testing program again if PhilHealth, in the new tests being carried out, does not pay 3 days after collection. of a swab sample.
The Red Cross, in mid-October, suspended its COVID-19 tests of repatriated Filipinos due to PhilHealth’s unpaid debt, which, at that time, was around 1 billion pesetas.
PhilHealth and PRC entered into a deal in May this year for the latter’s massive COVID-19 testing program, charging the government health insurer P3,500 for each test.
Before stopping its testing services, the People’s Republic of China had cared for about 26 percent or 1.15 million of the total coronavirus tests conducted in the country.
The cumulative total of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines is nearing the 390,000 mark, as of Thursday, of which 32,773 are considered active.
As of Wednesday, more than 4.6 million people in the country have been tested for COVID-19.
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