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Duterte wants swift delivery of medicines
By Azer Parrocha
President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on April 27, 2020. (Presidential photo)
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered concerned government agencies to speed up the delivery of medicines and medical supplies for patients infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a televised public address on Monday night, Duterte urged agencies to course medicines and medical supplies through Peace Adviser Secretary Carlito Galvez, the chief
implementer of the National Policy Against Covid-19. “Ang utos ko ngayon is i-deliver ninyo ‘yung medicines kay General APRIL 25-May 1, 2020 |
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