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The city government of Imus in Cavite has formally opened a new isolation facility that can accommodate 584 patients amid the rising COVID-19 cases that prompted the national government to place Metro Manila and four nearby provinces — Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal under the strictest enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from March 29 to April […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary and Chief Isolation Czar Mark Villar announced that the preparedness and response of Zamboanga City against the spread of COVID-19 infection was further boosted with the availability of an additional 20-bed isolation facility. Villar said that the newly-built Zamboanga City Quarantine Facility located in Barangay Pasonanca was constructed to augment […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed and handed over a new P12.5-million isolation and quarantine facility to the city government of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental in support of the country’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. DPWH Secretary and Chief Isolation Czar Mark Villar said that the newly-constructed healthcare facility is […]
The Marikina City government formally received its biggest quarantine facility from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). DPWH Secretary Mark Villar personally turned over to Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro the newly-completed 136-bed capacity quarantine facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients located along Kabayani Road in Barangay Nangka in a simple ceremony. The facility […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar announced that a new 120-bed capacity coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine facility in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte has been completed and has been turned-over to local government unit. “We opened an additional 120-capacity isolation facility at National Steel Corporation (NSC) Global Multi-Purpose Building that will […]
The local government of Saint Bernard in Southern Leyte province has started the construction of a municipal quarantine facility which is partly made of eco-bricks and recycled plastic bottles. The P10 million building was funded by the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) of the Department of Social Welfare and […]
A 525-bed mega quarantine facility — the biggest so far in Metro Manila — will open on August 25 to accommodate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients who have no symptoms or with mild symptoms.This was announced by National Action Plan (NAP) Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Sec. Vince Dizon during an inspection of the facility’s ongoing […]
The “We Heal As One” Center put up by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Villar Group of Companies at the Philippine Sports (PhilSports) Arena or ULTRA (University of Life Training and Recreational Arena) in Pasig City is now fit to accommodate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways has started clearing and disinfection works in the three mega tents at the Ciudad de Victoria estate in Bocaue, Bulacan prior to the construction of the “Heal as One” healthcare facilities. Public Works Secretary Mark A. Villar said workers from DPWH Region 3 were deployed at the mega […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is working on the modification of three (3) mega tents at the Philippine Arena to be used as quarantine facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. Secretary Mark Villar sent on Monday, April 13, 2020, the DPWH Task Force on Augmentation of Healthcare Facilities headed by Undersecretary Emil […]