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LOOK: Military receives quarantine facility, medical equipment
The Philippine Navy (PN) has received one of the country's first Covid-19 emergency quarantine facilities (EQFs), installed at the Naval Combat Engineering Brigade in Taguig City.
This facility, designed by Architect William Ti, Jr. and his team, is a quickly assembled structure made from common materials.
It can house up to 17 patients, intended for persons under monitoring (PUMs) and patients under investigation (PUIs) when hospitals are overwhelmed.
Commodore Toribio Adaci, Jr. received the EQF on behalf of the PN and expressed hope for the construction of more such facilities to aid front-liners and communities.
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