The Manila International Airport Authority (Miaa) is asking the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to set up a booking booth at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminals 1,2, and 3 to serve returning overseas Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
In a letter to PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Richard J. Gordon, Miaa General Manager Eddie V. Monreal stated that OFWs have been requesting for PRC’s presence in the terminals.
Gordon immediately ordered the mobilization of PRC staff and volunteers and establish a booking booth at the Naia terminals.
The booking booth will give returning countrymen access to high quality, fast, and affordable Covid-19 testing which PRC can amply provide.
“What is important now is to serve our balikbayans and our hardworking OFWs, and to safely bring them home to their families by providing quality, fast, and affordable testing for Covid-19,” Gordon said.
The PRC booking site for Covid-19 testing is the first one with a digitized system of pre-arrival registration and computerized verification and encoding, thus, allowing the passenger to book and track their results efficiently and safely.
“Testing is important. We need to test to determine who’s Covid-19 positive or not, especially with the threat of the delta variant. But we can prevent it through testing and vaccination, which PRC is providing to our fellow Filipinos. We need to win our war against Covid-19,” Gordon said.