Palace: Government open to reassessing price caps on RT-PCR tests

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A resident of Brgy. San Miguel in Taguig City undergoes swabbing for coronavirus testing on April 23, 2020.

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MANILA, Philippines — The government is open to assessing the prices of COVID-19 tests to make them more affordable as the Philippines grapples with a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

 

In a statement on Tuesday, Sen. Risa Hontiveros called on the pandemic task force to make COVID-19 testing free and accessible as Metro Manila and the nearby provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, and Rizal were placed under the stricter Alert Level 3 due to a sharp increase in infections.

 

Groups like Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) have also long been calling for free "mass testing", which the administration has taken to mean testing everybody. 

 

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