Duterte assures free food, accommodation for evicted health workers

President Rodrigo Duterte announced that the government will cover the food and accommodation expenses for healthcare workers who have been evicted from their housing.

Duterte urged affected health workers to contact National Task Force COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. to avail of these services.

The government plans to provide billeting near the healthcare workers' places of work.

President Duterte also made a jest, stating that landlords and building owners who evict health workers should be denied hospital admission if they fall ill.

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