CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) successfully transported medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) purchased from Fujian, China on Sunday, April 26.
The items arrived via the Philippine Air Force C-130 aircraft around 4:00pm at Villamor Air Base, Pasay City. The P30 Million worth of medical supplies and PPEs were donated by Senator Win Gatchalian and his family to help front liners battle the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. These include 20,000 PPEs; 3,000 face shields; 3,000 goggles; 100,000 gloves; 42,000 KN-95 masks; and 500,000 surgical face masks.
The donations were turned over by Senator Gatchalian and Valenzuela First District Representative Wes Gathalian to the National Task Force COVID-19 headed by Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana and NTF COVID-19 Chief Implementer and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Reconciliation and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Also present were AFP Chief of Staff, General Felimon Santos Jr. and Philippine Air Force Commanding General, Major General Allen Paredes.
The donation is part of the Gatchalian Family’s ongoing humanitarian efforts and contributions to help respond to the global outbreak. It also seeks to equip the country’s health care system in flattening the curve on COVID-19.
The AFP through Philippine Air Force is continuously conducting air operations in support of the national efforts on COVID-19. As of April 24, a total of 552,808.27 lbs of cargoes were transported through various aircraft.
Air assets being utilized to carry out transport and importation missions are the C130, C295, N-22, NC212i, UH-1H/1D, SF260, and F28 aircrafts. A total of 253 sorties have been conducted since the AFP started its support operations in March.
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