DND Sec. Delfin Lorenzana checks a biohazard suit, part of the 200 donated by LT Group and its affiliate PMFTC, Inc. last Friday, February 7 at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. (Photo by DND)
QUEZON CITY, Feb. 10 (PIA) – The Department of National Defense (DND) received some 200 biohazard suits, protective booths and goggles.
Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana personally received the donation from LT Group and its affiliate PMFTC, Inc. last Friday, February 7 at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
According to DND, the protective gear will be turned over to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for use of emergency responders and medical teams who will handle hazardous and contaminating materials.
The donation will enhance efforts to continuously strengthen the readiness of the AFP as first responders during disaster and crisis situations.
Earlier, Secretary Lorenzana assured that the DND and its attached agencies are more than ready for any task to be given by the Department of Health as part of the ongoing efforts to contain the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD).
"I will have to rely on the DOH to tell us what they want us to do," Lorenzana said in a PNA interview on Monday.
He was responding to question on what types of assistance the agency can provide aside from volunteering large military camps as possible quarantine zones for people being observed for possible infection of the virus.
Lorenzana earlier said the DOH is looking at the possibility of using the naval station at Caballo Island off Cavite and the Fort Magsaysay Drug Rehabilitation Center in Nueva Ecija as a possible quarantine area for returning overseas Filipino workers from Wuhan, China. (DND/PIA-NCR)
Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana personally received the donation from LT Group and its affiliate PMFTC, Inc. last Friday, February 7 at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
According to DND, the protective gear will be turned over to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for use of emergency responders and medical teams who will handle hazardous and contaminating materials.
The donation will enhance efforts to continuously strengthen the readiness of the AFP as first responders during disaster and crisis situations.
Earlier, Secretary Lorenzana assured that the DND and its attached agencies are more than ready for any task to be given by the Department of Health as part of the ongoing efforts to contain the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD).
"I will have to rely on the DOH to tell us what they want us to do," Lorenzana said in a PNA interview on Monday.
He was responding to question on what types of assistance the agency can provide aside from volunteering large military camps as possible quarantine zones for people being observed for possible infection of the virus.
Lorenzana earlier said the DOH is looking at the possibility of using the naval station at Caballo Island off Cavite and the Fort Magsaysay Drug Rehabilitation Center in Nueva Ecija as a possible quarantine area for returning overseas Filipino workers from Wuhan, China. (DND/PIA-NCR)
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