00:00Suspected or suspected impacts cases can be freely tested in public hospitals
00:06according to the Department of Health.
00:09Among the hospitals are the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine,
00:13San Lazaro Hospital, East Avenue Medical Center,
00:17Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center,
00:19Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital,
00:21Quirino Memorial Medical Center,
00:24and UP Philippine General Hospital.
00:26According to Health Secretary Ted Herbosa in a budget hearing of the Camera,
00:30the supply of test kits for the impacts may have decreased,
00:34so he ordered the PhilHealth to create a benefit package for this.
00:39As of now, there are 8 impacts cases in the Philippines.
00:416 are here in Metro Manila,
00:44while the other 2 are in the Calabar Zone.
00:46All of them are now isolated, according to the DOH.
00:49They also created a task force that will focus on the disease.
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