Gov’t officials inspect mega-quarantine facility in Calamba, Laguna

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, officials of the National Action Plan Against COVID-19, and local government executives inspected Thursday a mega-quarantine facility in Calamba, Laguna.

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Aside from Duque, chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., deputy chief implementer Vince Dizon, Laguna Governor Ramil Hernandez, Calamba Mayor Timmy Chipeco also checked the four-storey regional government center which was converted into a quarantine facility, the biggest in Calabarzon.

During a press conference, Dizon said the facility has 650 beds, of which 553 will be for COVID-19 positive, mild and asymptomatic, patients and 97 beds for health workers. It also has cubicles for nurses.

“Malapit nang matapos, according to DPWH, nasa mga 80% na tayo and I think by the end of the month pwede nang tumanggap ng pasyente ito,” he said.—AOL, GMA News