MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday defended the Department of Health over the issue of its procurement of allegedly overpriced personal protective equipment and testing machines needed to
fight the new coronavirus pandemic.
During the same briefing, Department of Budget Management Usec. Lloyd Christopher Lao showed a 9-piece PPE set procured by the government for its frontliners. This kind of coverall, however, is more expensive at P1,100, compared to the locally made ones priced at P850. Senator Panfilo Lacson last Tuesday questioned the DOH and the DBM in a Senate hearing why they bought COVID-19 testing machines and swabbing kits for more than twice the price of similar equipment bought by private companies.
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