MANILA, Philippines — Two lawmakers are pushing for the creation of a medical reserve corps in the event of a similar pandemic like the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis that is currently buffeting the country. Medical reserved corpsCayetano said that under her bill on the creation of the national health security council, the said body would also be tasked to form a medical reserve corps. According to Tan, the proposed medical reserve corps would have “layers” that would indicate which medicals workers would be placed in the first to the third lines of defense. Back-upTan underscored the need to create a “back-up human health resource” should another pandemic hit the county. “So technically the medical reserve corps, you will only create another layer that will call on these people whenever they are needed,” she said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 28, 2020 11:26 UTC