MANILA, Philippines—At least 1,100 active and reserve troopers will take part in an exercise which the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said would test its readiness to deploy forces during the pandemic that would require every participant to be carrying only weapons but not SARS Cov2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
“This is the opportune time to test our capability and readiness to deploy” even at the height of a pandemic, said Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesperson and also director of the exercise called AFP Joint Exercise Dagit Langit Lupa.
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