Recently, the country has seen a shortage in the supply of alcohol in groceries and drug stores, largely to panic buying and hoarding. This also has affected frontline workers, including police officers, health workers and other skeleton crew members.
As a result, the Department of Trade and Industry has limited people to purchasing just two bottles of rubbing alcohol and hand sanitizers per transaction. “Through the Department of Health, we hope to distribute disinfectant alcohol to as many, if not, all the hospitals and clinics that are treating COVID-19 patients all over the country,” Tan explained. “We need to protect our frontliners – the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare and medical personnel – whose lives are at risk in protecting and treating people from this virus.”
“We are one with the nation in this fight to heal our country from COVID-19. We salute all the frontliners who are our real heroes during this challenging time. We join the nation in prayer and unity as we hope to rise together from this crisis as one Philippines,” he added.On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire Luzon under an enhanced community quarantine, due to the increasing COVID-19 cases.
At least seven have recovered, while there are six patients who were allowed to go on a home quarantine mode.
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