amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic.
During the opening of Eva Macapagal Isolation Facility at the South Harbor in Port Area, Manila, Duque laments the insufficient number of nurses and doctors serving in the frontlines of the country’s battle against COVID-19. Based on the data from the Department of Health as of Monday, 71 percent of intensive care unit beds in Metro Manila were already occupied, while 57 percent of the total 3,800 isolation beds are being utilized.
“So, we would like to put everything in expanding the ICU capacity. More beds, more human resource,” he added.
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