MANILA, Philippines — The government can establish COVID-19 facilities that can withstand future surges within three months, the country’s treatment czar said Wednesday.
Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said the government has already begun setting up and operating modular hospitals as they planned in November in preparation for a surge in COVID-19 cases.
“We can achieve that in three months time because when we planned for it last November, we knew that there might be a second wave and we planned for [setting up] field modular hospital,” he said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel when asked how long the government can construct COVID-19 facilities that ca…
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