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Groups to donate Covid-19 test kits, equipment to PH: Locsin
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. announced that several groups will donate medical equipment and at least 40,000 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) test kits to the Philippines.
The Temasek Foundation in Singapore will donate 40,000 test kits and two ventilators, while Filinvest City Foundation will provide four ventilators.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is adding to its earlier donation by sending a mobile X-ray machine and extra RT-PCR solutions, bringing its total contribution to 155,176 euros (about PHP8.91 million).
Previously, the Philippines received 3,000 test kits and a thermal cycler from Singapore, 100,000 test kits from China, and allocated over PHP139 million from the United States for the Department of Health.
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Singapore is donating 3,000 COVID-19 test kits and one PCR machine to the Philippines.
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Singapore, through its Temasek Foundation, has donated an additional 40,000 COVID-19 test kits and two ventilators to the Philippines.
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The Philippines received 100,000 RT-PCR-based Covid-19 test kits, 100,000 surgical masks, 10,000 N95 masks, and 10,000 sets of PPE from China.
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received a donation of 23,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits and personal protective equipment (PPEs) from businessman Kim Wong on April 1.
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The Department of Health (DOH) has received a donation of 100,000 test kits for COVID-19 from the Chinese government.
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