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WHO not recommending DIY face masks, PPEs but says better than nothing

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 12:48 PM

“WHO (World Health Organization) does not encourage this, but this is a stop gap measure as we address the global shortage,” said Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO representative to the Philippines, during the Laging Handa briefing in Malacanang. Read more »

Customs to fast-track release of foreign medical gear donations: DFA

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 12:08 PM

The Bureau of Customs has been ordered to fast-track the release of donated personal protective equipment by other countries to help health frontliners fighting the rapid spread of COVID-19, a Foreign Affairs official said Tuesday. Read more »

'Di minamaramot': Health dept seeks understanding on COVID-19 gear shortage

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 10:52 AM

The health department on Tuesday asked for the understanding of medical workers over a shortage of gear that would protect them from the novel coronavirus.    Read more »

Robredo wants Filipino-made protective gear for COVID fighters

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 04:05 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday urged the public to come up with gear that could protect those at the helm of efforts to arrest the spread of the novel coronavirus as supplies ran short worldwide.  Read more »

Global shortage of PPEs hampers DOH purchase of enough supplies: official

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 01:54 PM

“We’ve read about how people are asking why the DOH is not buying when we have a large budget. Even if we want to buy now, we cannot buy any, so we are relying on donations for now,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a briefing Monday. Read more »

Lung Center to run out of PPE suits Monday amid COVID-19 threat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 09:48 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) — The Lung Center of the Philippines on Monday asked for donations of PPE suits and isolation gowns after the government assigned it as among the country’s dedicated COVID-19 hospitals. Read more »

Thousands of face masks, COVID-19 test kits from China to arrive in PH Saturday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 08:15 PM

Thousands of face masks, test kits and other supplies from China will be arriving in the Philippines on Saturday, the Chinese embassy in Manila said, to aid the Southeast Asian country in fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

How COVID-19 frontliners are improvising with personal protection equipment amid lack of supply

Updated as of Mar 17 07:00 PM

While private groups are working double time to source proper personal protective equipment, we must give props to good old Pinoy ingenuity that some of our hospital workers are able to make do with creative and efficient substitutes, from garden gloves to plastic raincoats. BY RHIA DIOMAMPO-GRANA Read more »

QC trains village health workers in fight vs coronavirus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 29 11:50 AM

The Quezon City government has started training dozens of village health workers as local first responders in handling contagious illnesses like the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »