MANILA, Philippines — The US government has donated P14.8 million worth of regionally-manufactured personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and other COVID-19 treatment centers in the Philippines, its embassy in Manila said. ADVERTISEMENT“This delivery of PPE demonstrates our ongoing commitment to the Philippines to stop COVID-19. We value our longstanding partnerships in the Philippines,” said Dr. Robert S. Pope, director of DTRA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. To date, the Philippines has so far recorded 69,898 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. Of the number, 23,072 have so far recovered while 1,835 have died from the disease.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 20, 2020 08:48 UTC