IATF asks MVP, Ayala Group for fixed phone lines for centralized COVID-19 hospital hotline

IATF and Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque rang up the heads of the MVP and Ayala groups — once the subject of public rants by President Rodrigo Duterte — to ask for dedicated phone lines for the government's centralized COVID-19 hotline.

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Inter-Agency Task Force Spokesperson Harry Roque had surprise guests during his Monday media briefing as he grabbed his phone and rang up businessmen Manny Pangilinan and Fernando Zobel de Ayala to ask their PLDT and Globe to provide stable trunklines for theThe command center coordinates which hospitals in Metro Manila and nearby provinces have vacant isolation or critical care beds for COVID-19 patients to limit sending away patients needing treatment.

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