AFP deploys medical team to aid Cebu's COVID-19 fight
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) deployed a 32-person medical team to Cebu City on Sunday to assist in the COVID-19 response.
The team includes nine doctors, ten nurses, and thirteen medical aides led by Maj. Maria Adesitas Sagario.
They underwent precautionary swab testing and flu vaccinations before departing from Villamor Air Base via a Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo aircraft.
According to the DOH Region VII Director Jaime Bernadas, many healthcare workers left Cebu hospitals prior to the pandemic.
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