Ami and Marcus Swanepoel of Roots of Health led the turn over of the donations worth about P1 million to the city government to show support to medical workers and other frontliners in Puerto Princesa against COVID-19.
Agnes Acosta, information officer of Rep. Gil’s office, said they distributed the PPE supplies on March 25 in three major hospitals in Puerto Princesa.
Mercury Drug, Drugman, and Biochemist, three of the drugstores operating several branches in Puerto Princesa City, began running out of any type of face masks to sell since January 23 when reports about suspected Wuhan coronavirus cases started circulating in Coron and El Nido.