Multiple charges await operators of illegal COVID-19 swabbing centers as well as those who issue or use fake swab test results, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra warned on Thursday. Guevarra told reporters that those behind the operation of illegal coronavirus testing centers could be charged with violating local ordinances on business establishments, the Consumer Act and Republic Act No. 1 down, more to goPolice officers earlier shut down a testing center in Singalong, Manila, that allegedly offered COVID-19 swab tests without a certification from health authorities. On Wednesday, former Health Secretary Janette Garin, now an Iloilo congresswoman, pushed a congressional probe of the fake test results that were even being peddled on Facebook. Screenshots of conversations involving the peddlers of the fake results showed that the test results can be bought for P1,500 to P2,000.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 25, 2021 21:43 UTC