US provides $5.3M for PH COVID-19 response
US provided an additional $5.3 million for COVID-19 response in the Philippines on Wednesday.
This brings total US aid to $9.3 million, aimed at supporting laboratory systems, specimen transport, case-finding, and disease surveillance.
USAID will collaborate with the Philippine government to implement prevention and control strategies against infectious diseases.
During a phone call between Trump and Duterte on Sunday, Trump offered additional assistance and expressed condolences for the death of 11 soldiers in Sulu.
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