Food and Drug Administration Director General Dr. Samuel Zacate partners with Tuguegarao Mayor to empower local entrepreneurs through Bigyan-Halaga, Bangon Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises program.
Pres. Duterte will give a PHP20-million reward to any Filipino who can produce respirators that would be used to treat individuals infected with the coronavirus.
According to Pres. Duterte, the response phase focuses on strengthening the health system by increasing the number of COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, quarantine facilities, hospital beds, and medical equipment.
Asian Development Bank approves a $200-million loan to support the Philippine government’s effort to provide emergency cash subsidies to affected households.
Locsin, along with his fellow foreign ministers in the ASEAN and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, assembled in an Asean-US Special Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the COVID-19 by video conference.