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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will once again turn over protective items such as surgical face masks donated by Chinese contractors to hospitals and other service frontliners. About 18,000 pieces of surgical face masks, 1,000 pieces of N95 masks, and 90 pieces personal protective equipment (PPEs) were received recently by the DPWH […]
Residents in areas under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) are now required to wear face masks or other forms of protective equipment whenever they are outside of their homes.This was announced on Thursday by Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) spokesperson Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who said that the move […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has reiterated the call of state universities and colleges (SUCs) who have issued separate appeals for the public to provide them with necessary raw materials and other forms of support to manufacture equipment needed by frontline healthcare workers treating patients affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Villanueva cited the various efforts of […]
Amid the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) threat which has now disrupted the global supply of face masks, gowns, gloves and other protective gear, the Philippine Red Cross, headed by its chairman and CEO, Senator Dick Gordon recently donated face masks to the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Gordon said the donation of 25,000 pieces of face masks to […]
Amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus or 2019-nCOV which has triggered an increased demand for face masks, Senator Dick Gordon called on the country’s lone manufacturer of medical masks to ensure that they are able to meet the high demand. Gordon said MedTecs Group, which produces masks and other personal protective equipment and medical […]
With the sudden surge in demand for face masks following the first confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) in the country, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said the supply shortage is temporary. “Shortage is due to the sudden jump in demand that even their reordered stocks got wiped out immediately,” Lopez said. […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) has become creative in pushing its call for action against air pollution. For its “Gusto namin ng malinis na hangin” (We want clean air) mask challenge, the EMB is seeking either photos or videos of people wearing their face masks, particularly those made of […]