Govt eyes private labs for OFW Covid tests
By: Keith Calayag The Department of Health (DoH) is negotiating with private laboratories that can test overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), which used to test returning OFWs, stopped testing OFWs because of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) failure to pay its debt. Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. […]