The Philippine Air Force will fly twice a day to Xiamen, China to speed up the transport of personal protective equipment that the Philippines bought for P1.8 billion. | FMangosingINQ
Carlito Galvez Jr., National Plan Against COVID-19 chief enforcer, said at a press briefing on Tuesday that the PAF would now fly twice daily to China to increase hauling capacity for PPE and to “have stockpiling of PPE and have a strategic reserve.”The Philippine government had purchased 1 million PPE sets worth P1.8 billion from China to support health workers and those on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19.
Each PPE set consists of an N95 mask, goggles, coveralls, head cover, shoe cover, surgical mask, gloves and surgical gown.
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