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Navy ship arrives in China, picks up 23k boxes of PPEs procured by DBM
The Philippine Navy vessel BRP Bacolod City (LS-550) arrived in Xiamen, China on Saturday, April 25, to pick up 23,385 boxes of personal protective equipment (PPE).
The ship was escorted to Zhangzhou Harbor by a People's Liberation Army Navy vessel for the loading of the PPEs into 33 container vans.
The PPEs were procured by the Department of Budget and Management for the government's COVID-19 response.
The BRP Bacolod City departed the Philippines on April 21 and is expected to return in May with the cargo.
This shipment comes after criticism in March regarding the government's shortage of PPEs for health workers, attributed by the Department of Health to global scarcity.
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