By Prince Golez
Malacañang said private sector-led Project Antibody Rapid Test Kits or Project ARK has committed to provide coronavirus disease testing for returning overseas Filipino workers and overseas Filipinos (OFs).
Project Ark is ready to subject OFWs to polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based testing while the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) resolves its payment issues with the Philippine Red Cross, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a televised briefing Thursday.
“Habang hindi pa po nareresolba ng tuluyan ang kontrobersiya sa panig ng Philhealth at ng Philippine Red Cross, nagpadala po ng abiso ang Project Ark sa pamamagitan ng kanilang medical director si Dra. Menguita Padilla na handa raw po sila na i-subject sa PCR testing ang mga bumabalik na OFWs at mga overseas Filipinos natin sa kanilang 11 laboratories with a testing capacity of 3,000 per day,” according to Roque.
“Sangayon po dito, ang sabi ni Dra Menguita Padilla, ide-devote po nila ang kanilang mga laboratories sa Philippine Children’s Center, sa Jose Rodriguez Memorial Hospital sa Caloocan, at (Jose B.) Lingad (Memorial Regional) Hospital sa Pampanga para i-test po ng PCR test ang mga bumabalik na OFWs at OFs natin,” he added.
Roque also noted that the Philippine Airport Diagnostic Laboratory, a private laboratory at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, also committed to offer PCR tests for a lower cost.
“Handa din silang magbigay ng PCR test sa mga bumabalik na OFWs natin sa kaparehong halaga na sinisingil ng Philippine Red Cross,” he said.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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