The Department of Health (DOH) has spent over P40.36 billion to hire health-care workers and purchase protective gear, equipment, and medicines for its coronavirus response.
In his 14th report to Congress, President Duterte noted that the DOH had used 78.5 percent of the P51.43 billion funds for COVID-19.
A total of P45.72 billion of the DOH-managed funds came from the supplemental budget, while P5.7 billion came from coronavirus response budget funds such as cash donation, quick response fund and calamity fund, and continuing appropriation and saving. The second batch of PCR test kits worth P2.5 billion for eight different types are pending delivery, while the third batch of test kits worth P6.9 billion for 10 different types are in varying stages of procurement.
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