The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) aims to build 816 additional COVID-19 quarantine facilities and modular hospitals next month.
In President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s weekly address Monday (April 19), DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said they plan for these facilities to have a capacity of 27,262 beds. He added that the department has already completed 653 facilities with a bed capacity of more than 24,000.
Meanwhile, the DPWH reported that 187 evacuation centers in various parts of the country are currently being used as quarantine centers.
Report from PTV News/NGS-jlo
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