Business firms call on gov’t to provide additional free COVID-19 tests

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Philippine businesses are calling on the government to provide free COVID-19 testing for employees, given the increase in the country’s cases caused by the Omicron variant.

According to Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Emeritus George Barcelon, the government should provide additional tests for the private sector.

“We can only mitigate sana with more testing. Halimbawa, ‘yung mga tao namin, kami we are giving them our own test which is very expensive, kaya dapat ang gobyerno mag-supply naman ng mga reasonable at tsaka affordable and available na rapid test,” he said in a report on GMA’s “24 Oras Weekend” on Sunday.placed under Alert 3 starting Monday, January 3, until January 15, 2022Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Ma.

“Malaking pera para sa kanila ‘yan. Halos P70,000 ang gastos nila kung hindi sila kukuha ng bakuna,” he said in the same report, noting that businesses already expect a downturn in January as the holiday driven surge dies down. Concepcion earlier said the private sector is working at procuring reformulated COVID-19 vaccines for booster shots targetedFor its part, the Makati Business Club voiced its support for the shift back to Alert Level 3 given the continuous rise in COVID-19 cases.

“Naniniwala ang business community na tama ang hakbang na ito. Base siya sa datos at siyensya, at advanced ang announcement para may oras at pagkakataon ang mga business at tao para mag-adjust dito,” MBC Spokesperson Coco Alcuaz said in the same report.

 

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what!? businesses should be the one to shoulder the testing costs. time to pay it forward to the community.

to vaccinated only

AYAAN NA PADAMI NA NAMAN..BAWAL MUNA ANG CARAVAN..WAG ALISIN ANG CURFEW AT CHECKPOINT NATIONWIDE AT MAS SAFE PADIN ANG WORKING FROM HOME SET UP PARA KABAWASAN NG TAO SA LABAS

It's not caused by Omicron...it's just caused because it was the holidays.

it’s been 2 years but testing is still a problem.. even if you feel sick you’d think twice to get tested cause rt pcr test is pricey

🙏🙏🙏

wow free COVID test sana all, dapat kasi mandatory na sa mga empleyado ang magpabakuna problemado tuloy kayo ngayon lol, ang tanggapin nyo lang sa trabaho eh ung bakunado

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