Manila Bulletin
OVP accumulates P44 M to support health workers, other COVID-19 frontliners
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has accumulated P44 million in funds to support health workers and other frontliners in the fight against COVID-19.
This amount can cover 99,526 personal protective equipment (PPE) sets for approximately 6,635 frontliners, as well as 12,124 food and care packages.
The OVP has already distributed 2,320 food and care packages to 15 hospitals in Metro Manila, including to security guards, midwives, and janitors.
Additionally, 35,850 PPE sets have been distributed to health workers in 122 hospitals nationwide, with deliveries ongoing to other parts of Visayas and Mindanao.
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The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and its private partner have raised P36.3 million from donors for personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers.
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The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has begun distributing approximately 12,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) sets to six COVID-19 referral hospitals in Metro Manila.
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The Office of the Vice President (OVP) is coordinating with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Cebu Pacific for the delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospitals in Visayas and Mindanao.
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The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has distributed nearly 29,000 masks, 350 coverall suits, and hundreds of bottled waters to eight hospitals in Metro Manila.
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The Department of Health (DOH) has procured one million sets of personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth P1.8 billion.
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