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Duterte orders DTI, DOH to set price range for COVID-19 tests

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/04/20201028-naia-ofw-arrival-covid-jc-19.jpg"/><figcaption>Arriving OFWs at the NAIA Terminal 1 undergo swab tests on October 28, 2020. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA— President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday directed the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to set a price ceiling on tests for COVID-19, which some of his Cabinet members have called for following reports of overpricing. </p><p>Under Executive Order No. 118, the DOH and DTI should determine and formulate a price range for COVID-19 test kits which will be used in hospitals, health establishments, facilities, and laboratories. </p><p>The EO also stated that the price cap will also form part of the standards and requirements for the licensing and accreditation of hospitals, laboratories, and health establishments as COVID-19 centers. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">JUST IN: Pangulong Duterte, inatasan ang DOH at DTI na magtakda ng price cap para sa <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> testing | via <a href="https://twitter.com/joycebalancio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@joycebalancio</a> <a href="https://t.co/mQAcYpc7F2">pic.twitter.com/mQAcYpc7F2</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1323876421958160384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Both the tourism and health departments have called for a price cap on swab tests, as COVID-19 cases continued to be reported while authorities sought to reopen the pandemic-battered economy, allowing travel to tourist spots with a requisite negative coronavirus test.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/21/20/doh-gustong-lagyan-ng-price-cap-ang-covid-19-swab-tests">DOH gustong lagyan ng price cap ang COVID-19 swab tests</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/27/20/make-travel-affordable-tourism-chief-backs-price-cap-on-covid-19-tests">&#x27;Make travel affordable&#x27;: Tourism chief backs price cap on COVID-19 tests</a></li></ul><p>The DOH recorded 1,772 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 387,161.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/03/20/philippines-covid19-cases-coronavirus-infections-update-tally-november32020">PH reports 1,772 new COVID-19 cases, total infections top 387,000</a></li></ul><p>New COVID-19 cases in the Philippines increased by fewer than 3,000 in the last 3 weeks, with experts and health officials noting a decline in the infection rate.</p><p>More details to follow. </p><div><strong>-- With a report from Reuters </strong><br/> </div>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday directed the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to set a price ceiling on tests for COVID-19, which some of his Cabinet members have called for following reports of overpricing. </p>

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday directed the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to set a price ceiling on tests for COVID-19, which some of his Cabinet members have called for following reports of overpricing.