Visayas, Zamboanga med workers fly to Manila to aid NCR

A total of 66 medical front-liners from Regions 7 and 8 are set to fly to Manila on Wednesday to help combat the surge in coronavirus cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces.

The first batch includes 11 doctors, 35 nurses, and four medical technologists hired by DOH-Central Visayas.

Additionally, DOH-9 announced it will send a team of 12 nurses and medical technologists to NCR hospitals on April 12 in response to the call for help from exhausted health workers.

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