AFP asserts role in helping to contain COVID-19 crisis in PH 2 SHARES Share it! This, after several critics hit the military’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the government should invest more on the improvement of health-based solutions. “The AFP, along with the PNP [Philippine National Police], is part of the whole of government approach in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, all agencies of government — national and local — takes part in this endeavor,” said Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesperson. “COVID-19 is essentially a health problem, not a peace and order problem.

Source: Manila Bulletin March 15, 2020 10:48 UTC