BCDA donates relief packs to families in Rodriguez, Rizal

As part of its corporate social responsibility, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) turned over packages of relief goods to 57 families in Rodriguez, Rizal. The families are residents of barangays San Jose and San Isidro.

 

Each family received P5,000-worth of goods to aid their basic needs as the country faces the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected many Filipino communities.

 

Gov't to put up mega swabbing centers to boost PH's mass testing capacity

Four mega swabbing centers will be put up in Metro Manila next week to strengthen the country's capacity in massive testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

 

This was announced during the turnover of the We Heal As One Center-Philippine Arena Ciudad de Victoria in Bulacan held Thursday, April 30, by National Task Force COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and Presidential Adviser for Flagship Programs and Projects and Bases Conversion and Development Authority President and CEO Vince Dizon.

 

$2.5 M ADB-funded lab equipment, test kits for COVID-19 arrive in Clark

CLARK FREEPORT-- To help capacitate a major regional hospital in Central Luzon in the detection and testing of COVID-19 virus, a $2.5 million laboratory equipment, and 45,000 test kits funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and developed by a genome sequencing company in China arrived in Clark International Airport early morning Wednesday.

The laboratory equipment and test kits materials developed by the Beijing Genome Institute (BGI) was picked-up from Shenzhen, China and flown to Clark by a Philippine Air Force C130 cargo plane.

We Heal As One Center - Ninoy Aquino Stadium sends home its first Covid survivor

The We Heal As One Center - Ninoy Aquino Stadium discharged its first Covid-19 survivor on Monday, April 20, after the patient tested negative for the disease twice. This was announced by Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso in his official Facebook Page.

 

The patient is a resident of Manila City and is the first one to be released from the quarantine facility. The We Heal As One Centers admit Covid-positive patients with mild or no symptoms.

 

Gov’t strategy to prevent Covid-19 spread: Locate, isolate, cure

The government’s strategy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is to “locate, isolate and cure” suspected patients, BCDA President and CEO Vince Dizon said Friday, as more facilities are being converted into We Heal As One Centers.

“Ang mga facilities ay kasama sa napakalaking sistema ng paglaban sa Covid-19. Isu-summarize itong sistema na ito sa tatlong salita—yung locate, isolate at cure. ‘Yung mga quarantine facilities ay kasama sa ikalawang parte ng sistema na pag-isolate,” Dizon said during the Laging Handa public briefing.