MANILA, Philippines — House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Janette Garin pushed on Monday for free swab tests for Filipinos and P10,000 to P20,000 aid for those who would test positive for COVID-19.
“While the intention is to recover, the intention is simultaneously winning this pandemic, and in winning this war, we have to see our enemies,” Garin, a former health secretary, said during the interpellation period on the plenary deliberations on the Bayanihan 3 bill.
“And the only way we can see our enemies is to make testing free and the people who are being swabbed will be compensated by the number of days that they are not working,” she added.
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