Senator Richard Gordon (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
According to Gordon, who serves as PRC Chair, PhilHealth’s debt with the humanitarian organization is P762.8-million. The senator said he hopes the state health insurance agency can avoid having its debt reach to P1-billion.
“Kailangan maibaba yan, kailangan magbayad na sila ng kalahati. Ibaba na natin within the next several days, na mabayaran na yan. (We need to lower the amount, so they must pay at least half. Let’s halve it within the next several days, they should pay the amount),” Gordon said in an interview over Radio DZBB.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 1) The World Health Organization s decision to approve Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use could spell an expedited review so it can be rolled out earlier in the Philippines, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Friday. It is a welcome addition to the regulatory approvals therefore that should be a lot easier for our own FDA [Food and Drug Administration] to already review all the documents and assess the risk-benefit ratio of the said candidate vaccine, he said in a media briefing.
FDA Director General Eric Domingo added, The WHO Emergency Use Listing is very significant. Our experts are currently evaluating the documents submitted by Pfizer as outlined in our guidelines. I will issue a decision on the application as soon as all the regulatory requirements and procedures are completed.