In a post on Marinduque Governor Presby Velasco's Facebook
page, representatives of the Torrijos Municipal Hospital could be seen
receiving and wearing the donated ponchos.
"These ponchos are donated by the private sector to the
Provincial Administrator Office and are being used while we await for the
official PPEs," the post said.
Ponchos and gears were also given to Marinduque frontliners
including members of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Provincial Health
Office (PHO), Marinduque Provincial Hospital (MPH) and Marinduque Animal &
Wildlife Rescue.
The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Wednesday that the first batch of the one million personal protective equipment (PPE) sets it procured has been distributed to COVID-19 referral hospitals in Luzon.
The first batch was distributed to the East Avenue Medical
Center, San Lazaro Hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines, Philippine General
Hospital, Dr. Jose Rodriguez Memorial Hospital, and the Armed Forces of the
Philippines Medical Center.
The remaining 985,000 sets are expected to arrive between April
6 and 24.
Luzon is currently under enhanced community quarantine in an
effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which
has already infected 2,311 and killed 96 persons. —JCB, GMA News
