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DOH reports 17,220 new COVID-19 cases, groups push for free mass testing and medical assistance

DOH reports 17,220 new COVID-19 cases, groups push for free mass testing and medical assistance

Anakpawis Party-list First Nominee Rafael Mariano said, “We have been calling for free mass testing and medical support since 2020. These are the fundamental concerns of poor families, they are not able to take the test immediately and still want to work so that the family can have something to eat.”

Pandemic Treaty for whom?

Pandemic Treaty for whom?

By insisting COVID-19 vaccines remain under the control of big pharmaceutical companies under their TRIPS-mandated 20-year monopoly patents, the WTO has effectively restricted access to these life-saving vaccines especially for countries who need them the most.

Filipino health workers’ safety and health in the midst of Covid-19

Filipino health workers’ safety and health in the midst of Covid-19

The reverting to the strictest lockdown did not offer relief to the overburdened health workers as Covid-19 cases continued to climb, following pronouncements from the health department that there is already a community transmission of the Delta variant, a variant of concern per the WHO that has brought nightmares to the public health care of other countries hit by it.

‘We waited for nothing’ | Fight for due benefits is also a struggle for justice – health workers

‘We waited for nothing’ | Fight for due benefits is also a struggle for justice – health workers

Described by the health department as “the first batch of fund transfers,” the P311.79-million ($6.2 million) SRA funds is a measly 2.6 percent of the unused P11.9-billion ($238.2 million) allocated for health workers’ Special Risk Allowance and Hazard Pay, which the Commission on Audit recently flagged.

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