COVID-19 quarantine facility at Villamor fasttracked
According to Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar, the conversion of 18 container vans into a 72-unit room isolation facility is ongoing as part of the 23 additional facilities being built by the DPWH to augment COVID-19 bed capacity in Metro Manila.
Aside from the quarantine facility at Villamor Airbase, the DPWH is also rushing the completion of two other facilities in Pasay City. Another project which will have 276 cubicles and five nursing stations is also ongoing at the Folk Arts Theater in Pasay. “The project is now at 65 percent accomplishment rate,” said DPWH.
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