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Mega Ligtas COVID Centers, [1] also known as Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities (TTMFs), [2] are temporary non-hospital health facilities or emergency patient care centers established and managed by the Philippine government to accommodate COVID-19 patients at a provincial or regional level as part of its efforts to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
The IATF-EID convened in January 2020 to address the growing viral outbreak in Wuhan, China. [5] They made a resolution to manage the spreading of the new virus, [5] which was known at the time as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and eventually renamed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19. [6]
The Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, also known as Bayanihan 2, [1] and officially designated as Republic Act No. 11494, is a law in the Philippines that was enacted in September 2020 granting the President additional authority to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. [2] [3]
The SPMC has also been identified as COVID-19 dedicated health facility to help relieve private hospitals in the region so that they could still cater to patients with non-COVID-19 concerns. [5] Several cases across Mindanao, not just in the Davao Region, has been linked to cockfighting derby held in March 2020 in Matina, Davao City. [6]
Initially, suspected COVID-19 cases in Central Luzon are tested at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and Lung Center of the Philippines in Metro Manila. The Jose B. Lingad Regional Memorial Hospital in Pampanga was the first facility being prepared as a possible COVID-19 testing center for the region. [18]
Timelines of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines (4 P) Pages in category "COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . [4] As of February 24, 2025, there have been 4,173,631 [ 1 ] reported cases, and 66,864 [ 1 ] reported deaths, the fifth highest in Southeast Asia , behind Vietnam , Indonesia ...
The Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital, built at the Burnham Green in Rizal Park, had a planned capacity of 336 beds–which could be expanded by 100 beds owing to its "scalable" design. [1] The hospital at its opening had 344 beds. [3] The hospital is a prefabricated building made from modular containers and had an air-conditioning system.