Senator says DOH underspent 31% of pandemic fundsMANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said the Department of Health failed to spend some P24 billion that could have been used to bolster the government's response to COVID-19. This means, he added, that the health department underspent by 31.17% or P24 billion of its total P77 billion COVID-19 funds for 2020. How many oxygen tanks can be bought for P24 billion?" How many PPEs and test kits can we buy for P24 billion?" "Who ordered the DOH to hand over P42 billion to the PS-DBM?

Source: Philippine Star August 18, 2021 06:43 UTC