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Senate reso commends health workers, other frontliners fighting COVID-19
Senate President Vicente Sotto III filed Senate Resolution No. 351 to honor the country's health workers and frontliners battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
The resolution acknowledges the sacrifices and heroism of medical professionals and other frontliners.
As of April 1, 2020, thirteen doctors have succumbed to the virus while serving the nation.
The Bayanihan to Heal as One Act provides P100,000 compensation for frontliners who contract severe COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Deceased medical workers are entitled to P1 million each, with the provision having retroactive application from February 1, 2020.
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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana honored medical professionals, healthcare workers, frontliners, and ordinary Filipinos for their contributions in combating COVID-19.
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President Duterte expressed gratitude to frontliners, including health workers, police, soldiers, and civil servants, for their sacrifices amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vice President Leni Robredo described the deaths of 17 doctors battling COVID-19 as "heartbreaking" and stressed the critical need to protect medical frontliners.
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The Department of Health (DOH) is seeking volunteer health workers, including doctors, nurses, nurse assistants, and orderlies, to work in designated COVID-19 referral hospitals.
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Senator Bong Go urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to use available funds to properly compensate and equip volunteer health workers during the COVID-19 crisis.
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