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US donates 1,300 cots to Philippines, part of $4 million health package

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The U.S. government is donating nearly 1,300 new cots to support the Philippine government’s response to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/USAmbManila?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USAmbManila</a> ​was joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/DFAPHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DFAphl</a> Sec. <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TeddyBoyLocsin</a>​, and <a href="https://twitter.com/civildefensePH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CivilDefensePH</a> Usec. Jalad​ for the handover. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FriendsPartnersAllies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FriendsPartnersAllies</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19PH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19PH</a> <a href="https://t.co/YBxgVeeMC2">pic.twitter.com/YBxgVeeMC2</a></p>— U.S. Embassy in the Philippines (@USEmbassyPH) <a href="https://twitter.com/USEmbassyPH/status/1248470814342574084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>MANILA -- Washington on Friday donated 1,300 new cots to the Philippines to help its treaty ally fight the coronavirus disease pandemic, the US Embassy in Manila said.</p><p>The cots form part of the US&#x27; $4 million (P204 million) health assistance package to the Philippines, the embassy said in a statement.</p><p>US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim turned over the cots to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr and Office of Civil Defense Administrator Ricardo Jalad.</p><p>On Twitter, Locsin thanked the US for its assistance.</p><p>Also on Friday, Washington-based World Bank announced a fresh $500 million loan to the Philippines to help it beat COVID-19.</p><p>As of Thursday, the Philippines confirmed 4,076 COVID-19 cases including 203 deaths and 124 recoveries. Luzon, home to half of its 100 million population, is on lockdown until April 30 to fight the spread of the disease.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thank you to the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. <a href="https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DeptofDefense</a> personnel who helped load new cots for delivery to the Philippine Office of Civil Defense. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FriendsPartnersAllies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FriendsPartnersAllies</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19PH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19PH</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> <a href="https://t.co/y434Ilf6Wr">https://t.co/y434Ilf6Wr</a> <a href="https://t.co/fO2Gm2HHcv">pic.twitter.com/fO2Gm2HHcv</a></p>— U.S. Embassy in the Philippines (@USEmbassyPH) <a href="https://twitter.com/USEmbassyPH/status/1248471401045962755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

<p>Washington on Friday donated 1,300 new cots to the Philippines, to help its treaty ally fight the coronavirus disease pandemic, the US Embassy in Manila said.</p>

Washington on Friday donated 1,300 new cots to the Philippines, to help its treaty ally fight the coronavirus disease pandemic, the US Embassy in Manila said.