THE Philippines recently received new testing kits and ventilators from the Republic of Singapore.
In simple turnover ceremonies, Chief of Presidential Protocol and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs Robert EA Borje received the 40,000 testing kits and two ventilators from Ambassador Gerard Ho Wei Hong. The Temasek Foundation based in the city-state donated the medical equipment.
Borje also received, on behalf of the Philippine government, four ventilators donated by the Filinvest City Foundation.
On the same day, the Bureau of Customs cleared the ventilators and test kits for release and immediate turnover to the Department of Health for distribution to frontline hospitals.
According to the Embassy of Singapore, the additional test kits will “supplement its earlier donation to allow more people to have an early diagnosis, while the ventilators will be crucial for the survival of severe coronavirus disease 2019 [Covid-2019] cases.” It also said Singapore will continue to work on ways where “we can contribute to the Philippines’s effort [in containing and defeating] Covid-19. Department of Health, Singapore Embassy in Manila
