The unnamed supplier supposedly prices equipment at three times the cost of what manufacturers sell them for.
— Former Health Secretary and now Iloilo Representative Janette Garin claimed COVID-19 testing in the country is overpriced due to corruption in the purchase of test kits and machines.
The congresswoman, however, said she is unsure whether the Department of Health gets its test kits from the same supplier.“The company was telling us they cannot supply machines and equipment to the Philippines because this couple is hoarding equipment," Garin told CNN Philippines’ News Night, citing her experience in an initiative by a private organization to ramp up COVID-19 testing.
Garin told CNN Philippines that she is now looking at the possibility of filing charges against the supposed couple.
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