COVID-19 News
RMSC quarantine area ready to house Covid-19 patients By Christine Cudis
MANILA – The Ninoy Aquino Stadium (NAS) inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate is ready to serve as quarantine area for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) (Photo courtesy of NTF against Covid-19) asymptomatic and symptomatic patients beginning Wednesday. In his briefer on Monday, National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief implementor, Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. said the government has converted NAS into a 120-bed quarantine area to isolate and treat Covid-19 patients. “The facility is equipped with WiFi and was turned into a comfortable 120-bed quarantine area,” said Galvez, also Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. Galvez along with Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco
50
| APRIL 4-10, 2020
Duque III visited the RMSC quarantine area for monitoring on Monday. He said the government and the private sectors pooled their resources to build comfortable recovery shelters for the patients. Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President Vince Dizon said the quarantine site was turned over to the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police medical
