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Robredo’s office donates extraction kits worth P5.3M for coronavirus tests
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) and extraction kits worth P5.3 million to front liners battling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The donated extraction kits can be utilized for approximately 12,750 COVID-19 tests and were turned over to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM).
These kits will also be distributed to other subnational laboratories across the Philippines, including the Lung Center of the Philippines, San Lazaro Hospital, UP-National Institutes of Health, Baguio General Hospital, Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu, and Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City.
The OVP also spearheaded a fund drive for PPEs, raising P20 million as of March 19, with part of the amount used to buy and distribute PPE.
Additionally, the OVP provided shuttle services to healthcare workers affected by the enhanced community quarantine's ban on mass transport.
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