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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 15) – The Philippine Red Cross, an organization that has greatly helped conduct COVID-19 screening in the country, has halted coronavirus tests that are being uploaded to PhilHealth.
PRC said Thursday the decision stemmed from the state insurance agency failing to pay off its growing outstanding balance. As of Wednesday, the People’s Republic of China stopped receiving to analyze the sample of overseas Filipino workers returning, those arriving at airports and seaports, those in mega swabbing facilities, and health and government workers. From first line.
PRC said these services cannot be resumed until Philippine Health Insurance Corp. pays its arrears balance of ₱ 930.99 million. PRC has performed more than one million COVID-19 tests, representing more than 25% of coronavirus tests conducted in the country.
The National Task Force against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr said that NTF President Delfin Lorenzana, PhilHealth Chief Dante Gierran, and PRC Chief Richard Gordon are already discussing the theme. Trust that it will be “resolved immediately.”
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the PRC decision will greatly hamper the country’s testing efforts, but said public and private labs can handle testing while the problem is resolved.
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