Photo: WHO/G MaramagThe World Health Organization supports the Philippine government’s COVID-19 response by strengthening the Department of Health’s (DOH) Bureau of Quarantine, which ensures that points of entry into the country are safe from the spread of infectious diseases, and inspects health conditions of incoming and outgoing vessels and aircraft.
On 29 October, Dr Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO Representative in the Philippines, handed over IT equipment to Bureau of Quarantine Director Ferdinand Salcedo at WHO Philippines.
The Bureau will use the equipment, amounting to an estimated USD 15,000 (PhP672,000) at their Manila headquarters and in seven major ports of entry in the Philippines to ensure an efficient surveillance process to