The Philippine government
sent its Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 aircraft
The PAF C-130 landed at
Shenzhen, China to pick up BGI COVID-19 laboratory equipment,
“The Philippine Air Force’s
C130 plane just landed at Shenzhen, China to pick up the BGI COVID-19
laboratory equipment worth US$2.5M,” the Department of Health (DOH) said. “The
laboratory equipment, which can be set up in 7-10 days, can do up to 45,000 COVID-19
tests!” according to the Department of Health (DOH)
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| (photo credit to DOH FB account) |
“The Philippine Government,
thru the grant assistance from the Asian Development Bank, secured these
equipment to strengthen the testing capacity of the country,” DOH said.
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| (photo credit to DOH FB account) |
PAF’s role in this time of
pandemic.
As reported in the
Philippine News Agency, The Philippine Air Force (PAF)s has been silently doing
its important role in the country’s battle against COVID-19.
As of date the PAF’s fleet
of Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” cargo planes have airlifted some 89,775.36
kilograms of government-procured personal protective equipment (PPE) sets from
March 31 to April 19.
“From March 31 to April 19,
2020, PAF C-130(s) have transported a total of 89,755.36 (kilograms) of
government-procured PPE from Xiamen International Airport in China to Villamor
Air Base in Pasay City. The following PPE were composed of sterile and
disposable protective suits, medical goggles, KN95 masks, surgical masks,
medical gloves, protective gowns, head covers, surgical caps, and shoe covers,”
Air Force spokesperson Maj. Aristides Galang said in a statement.
Galang said the PAF is currently on its
ninth tranche of continuous flights until the completion of the 1 million PPE
sets.
“As a standard operating procedure, PAF
medical teams and the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosives
personnel from 710th Special Operations Wing were present during the arrival of
(these aircraft), ensuring that all cargoes and personnel present during the
said activity underwent preventive disinfection and decontamination process,”
he added.
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