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In her weekly radio show, Vice President and now presidential aspirant Leni Robredo discusses the status of her office's free teleconsult service Bayanihan E-Konsulta as volunteers deal with ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo says to help manage the deluge of cases, they would set a daily cap of 400 people for Bayanihan E-Konsulta. The OVP also sends COVID-19 Care Kits for free. Qualified patients may also get free molnupirarivir COVID-19 pills from the OVP. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo's office recently resumed the operations of its free mobile antigen testing Swab Cab. Tomorrow, they will be at the Immaculate Concepcion Church grounds in Novaliches, QC, then Payatas on Wednesday. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Like in many offices nationwide, Robredo says several OVP staff have also tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from their holiday break. Still, the OVP continues its pandemic and Typhoon Odette response efforts. Robredo thanks volunteers for helping make this possible.

@maracepeda Robredo says the OVP continues to have relief operations for typhoon victims in Southern Leyte, Surigao, Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, and Negros Occidental. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo warns the public vs buying fake molnupiravir in the black market: Ang daming fake na gamot. Nakakapikon kasi at a time like this, naiisipan pang mameke. Kaya mas mabuti na makuha natin siya sa mga trusted sources. Hindi 'nyo kailangan mag-black market. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo urges the government to soon release guidelines for the use of home antigen tests to help decongest labs now struggling due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo hits lack of funds for contact tracers: 2 taon na yung COVID. Dapat sana by this time, iba na yung problema. Dapat by this time, hindi na natin problema yung testing, dapat di na natin problema yung bakuna. Dapat by this time di natin problema yung isolations centers.

@maracepeda Robredo: Nung 2020 pa, inuulit-ulit na nating [sinasabi] yung kahalagahan ng central contact tracing [system]… 2 years na tayo… Walang excuse na di natin naaayos til now. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo on need for mass testing: 2 years after, pinagdedebatehan pa rin natin ano ibig sabihin ng mass testing. Nakita natin ang statement ng DOH na di kailangan ang mass testing. Hindi ako sang-ayon doon… 2 years na, dapat napaghandaan na natin ito. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo: Hindi ko pinapaniwalaan na di natin to gagawin dahil wala tayong pera. Kasi kung gusto natin, makakagawa tayo ng paraan – ng paraan na allowed under the law. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo points out OVP is able to respond to gaps in govt's pandemic response despite low budget: Bakit kami kaya namin? Totoo hindi marami, pero nagagawan ng paraan kasi mahalaga… Wag na tanungin kung mahirap; tanungin kung mahalaga. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo on long lines in pharmacies now as people buy meds to manage COVID-19 symptoms: Basic yun na dapat available, na dapat yung pamahalan, nakikipag-ugnayan sa mga pharmacies kung papaano mape-prevent itong kulang na to [sa gamot]. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo earlier released her comprehensive platform on what she plans to do to address the COVID-19 pandemic should she win as president in 2022. | via @maracepeda

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@maracepeda Robredo disagrees with punishing unvaccinated Filipinos, says the better response to encourage more residents to get their shots is to give incentives for those who getting vaccinated instead: Kailangan lang pinag-iisipan. Hindi yung punitive na kaagad yung iniisip. | @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo: Dapat sana mas positive, na kapag nagpabakuna ka, ito yung makukuha mong privileges... Dapat sana, yung pag-incentivize sa tao na magpabakuna, dapat tuloy-tuloy yun. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo on "Poblacion Girl" and other quarantine violators: Kaya tayo may quarantine protocols kasi gusto nga natin ma-contain kaya dapat sinusunod ito. Ang di ko lang maintindihan kung bakit nalulusutan. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo: Nung pumutok nga yung kuwento nung sa “Poblacion Girl,” naglabasan na yung kuwento na apparently na nangyayari ito before. So ang tanong ko: Bakit siya nangyayari? At pag nangyari siya, dapat talaga i-penalize yung hotel. | via @maracepeda

@maracepeda Robredo hits fake news peddlers falsely claiming her daughters did not follow quarantine rules: Nakakainis na gagawin nila ito at a time na may krisis. Yung sa akin, ito na yung trabaho nila, yung negosyo nila. Pero pag may krisis, awat sana. Kasalanan nila yun sa taongbayan.

@maracepeda Robredo to those still afraid to get themselves tested for COVID-19: Wag tayong matakot magpa-test... Isipin na lang po natin pag di po natin alam kung positive tayo hindi, kinakalat pa natin yung virus. | via @maracepeda