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Published April 14, 2021 11:40am The Department of Health will monitor and assist hospitals in complying with the memorandum on regular COVID-19 testing of healthcare workers. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire issued the assurance after some healthcare workers refuted Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s statement that medical frontliners are being tested every two weeks. “We are going to check on this and try to assist hospitals to give protection to the healthcare workers,” Vergeire said in an interview with CNN-Philippines. She added that the DOH has reiterated their issuance of a memorandum which states that all hospitals should have their workers tested, especially those catering to COVID-19 patients, every two weeks based on the resources of the hospitals.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 14) The Department of Health is ready to assist hospitals in ensuring compliance with their order on conducting regular COVID-19 tests for their health workers, an official said Wednesday.
In an interview with CNN Philippines The Source, Health Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire clarified the testing protocols being imposed by the government to ensure the safety of health workers while attending to COVID-19 patients.
Vergeire said the Health Department will seek ways to assist hospitals in ramping up testing after she acknowledged their financial limitations due to the pandemic. We are going to check on this and we will try to assist hospitals so they may be able to give that protection to health workers, Vergeire said.
Over 1,200 schools and more then 6,000 classrooms nationwide are currently being used as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine areas, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, April 13, confirmed.