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5 Apr, 11 tweets, 9 min read
We go above and beyond the headlines with our senior anchor @RicoHizon on #CNNPHNewsNight.

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The @philredcross will help set up isolation wards for COVID-19 patients in Metro Manila.

Philippine Red Cross Chairman Senator @DickGordonDG: They will be located in every city, they will be designated by the mayors and by us Image
@philredcross @DickGordonDG PRC Chairman Sen. @DickGordonDG on COVID-19 isolation wards: It will also be located in CCP, the former testing centers
@philredcross @DickGordonDG PRC Chairman Sen. @DickGordonDG says they intend to pull out asymptomatic COVID-19 patients from households and transfer them to the isolation wards
@philredcross @DickGordonDG PRC Chairman Sen. @DickGordonDG: I'm hoping PhilHealth will pay us the money so we can also do a lot more things faster and better
@philredcross @DickGordonDG Sen. @DickGordonDG says PRC is currently conducting an average of 15,000 COVID-19 tests a day
@philredcross @DickGordonDG PRC Chairman Sen. @DickGordonDG: I strongly advise against antigen tests. It's good but it can give you false results... A negative result needs further verification
@philredcross @DickGordonDG PRC Chairman Sen. @DickGordonDG on isolation wards: We'll pull out the asymptomatic spreader (from his home), put him in a room in schools like Ateneo, La Salle and UP and other areas. Then, we can provide beds, food, medicine and a watchful eye over them
@philredcross @DickGordonDG PRC Chairman Sen. @DickGordonDG says they will also have ambulances ready for when a COVID-19 patient in an isolation ward would need to be transferred to a hospital
@philredcross @DickGordonDG PRC Chairman Sen. @DickGordonDG: I think the Budget and Management (department) and COA should realize there is a tremendous problem before us, and they should release the money quickly. And PhilHealth is the biggest culprit of all, they don't want to release the money
@philredcross @DickGordonDG PRC Chairman Sen. @DickGordonDG on saliva-based COVID-19 testing: Pinayagan na po 'yan matagal na, last January. And only March 31 did they release the guidelines na PhilHealth can now pay for saliva RT-PCR tests

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