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EO FOR PRICE CAP ON COVID-19 TESTS AWAITS PRRD’S SIGNATURE By Azer Parrocha
The proposed executive order that will impose a price cap for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) swab tests is awaiting President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature, Malacañang said on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte may sign the order after it is reviewed by the Office of the Executive Secretary and Department of
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Health (DOH). “I cannot preempt the decision of the President. But what I can assure you is, natapos na po iyong responsibilidad ng [technical working group] ng DOH, tapos na rin po ang paperwork sa Office of the Executive Secretary, at ngayon po ay nag-aantay na lang ng pirma ng ating Presidente (the TWG of the DOH has finished
its responsibilities, the Office of the Executive Secretary has also finished its paperwork and now it is awaiting the President’s signature),” he said in a press briefing in Bohol. Roque expressed optimism that the President will sign the EO that regulates the prices of Covid-19 tests. “From all indications, mukha naman pong magkakaroon ng price
