Medical experts sent by China warned that the Philippines faces a “significant risk” of failing to contain COVID19, as they cited limited hospital beds, medical supplies, and testing capacities in the Southeast Asian country. COVID19PH
. The Fangcang hospitals helped in isolating COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptoms in China., such as the Philippine International Convention Center, the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, and the World Trade Center as national quarantine centers, each with hundreds of beds.In his interview with CCTV Asia Pacific, Wang also noted the shortage of medical supplies, particularly face masks, in Philippine hospitals.
He added that personal protective equipment or the PPE of Philippine medics are “reused several times,” when these PPEs “should be disposable.” The Chinese experts’ recommendations come as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the Philippines while new cases continue to drop in China. The Philippineson Thursday, April 16, bringing the total to 5,660. At least 362 people have died of the coronavirus in the Philippines.
International experts have cautioned against believing China’s propaganda about COVID-19, however, as the Asian giant is accused of faking its COVID-19 figures and initially concealing the discovery of the disease in the Chinese province of Hubei.raised its death toll by 50%
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