COVID-19 News
Protective health gears allocated ‘rationally’ nationwide: DOH By Ma. Teresa Montemayor
MANILA – The global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPEs), and not government budget, is affecting the supply and allocation in the country, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. “Marami kami nababasa na sinasabi na ang budget ng DOH ay malaki at bakit daw di tayo bumili. Gusto man natin bumili ngayon, wala tayong mabilhan, kaya tayo umaasa sa donasyon ngayon (We read comments that DOH has big budget but we don’t buy PPEs. We may want to buy now, but
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there’s nothing available for us to buy, that’s why we rely on donations now),” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said at the Laging Handa public briefing. Vergeire also said there is huge demand for PPE now used by health
March 21-27, 2020
