Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Navy contingent lauded for Covid-19 containment efforts

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 12, 2020): Navy contingent lauded for Covid-19 containment efforts (By Priam Nepomuceno)



VISIT TO TROOPS. Naval Task Group - National Capital Region (NTG-NCR) commander, Marine Col. Noel Beleran (left), visits troops deployed to various quarantine checkpoints in Metro Manila and nearby areas on Tuesday (Aug. 11, 2020). Some 300 Navy personnel were redeployed to checkpoints as Metro Manila and nearby Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal reverted to the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from August 4 to 18 to stem the rise in the number of Covid-19 infections. (Photo courtesy of the Naval Public Affairs Office)

Newly-appointed Naval Task Group - National Capital Region (NTG-NCR) commander, Marine Col. Noel Beleran, on Tuesday visited Philippine Navy (PN) troops deployed to checkpoints in Cavite, Las PiƱas, Alabang, and Marikina and lauded their efforts in helping the government contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

In a statement, Beleran praised the Navy personnel for their “dedication and sacrifices for the good of humanity by sharing the responsibility and burden of helping the government in its program to address the increasing number of Covid-19 cases by strictly implementing the IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) guidelines and protocols.”

Such visits also aim to boost the morale of Navy personnel stationed in various quarantine-controlled areas.

Some 300 Navy personnel were deployed to checkpoints again following the reimposition of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the NCR and the nearby provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal from August 4 to 18 to stem the rise in the number of Covid-19 infections.

Beleran recently took over the helm of the NTG-NCR from Navy Capt. Lemuel Espartinez.

The NTG-NCR is at the forefront of the Navy's Covid-19 task force in Metro Manila.

While calling the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic a challenge, he said that as members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, they must do everything they can to help minimize, if not completely arrest, the spread of the virus.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1111961

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