PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has offered to pay for the hospital expenses of Filipinos infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as he reiterated his order for local government officials to help those stranded amid the pandemic.

In a public address late Thursday night, Duterte said he had “no problem” shouldering the hospital cost of ordinary Filipinos, telling local government officials to just send him the hospital bill.

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