BOOSTING COVID-19 RESPONSE. Photo shows the new PHP25-million Covid-19 isolation facility that was turned over in Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday (Oct. 13, 2021). Dr. Bashary Latiph (inset), BARMM health chief, said the 100-bed facility will serve not only Malabang constituents but also patients from other towns. (Photo courtesy of MOH-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Health officials in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have turned over a 100-bed isolation facility for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to Malabang, Lanao del Sur, the region's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced Thursday. Dr. Bashary Latiph, BARMM health minister, said the facility, amounting to some PHP25 million, was handed over to the management of the Dr. Serapio Montaner Memorial Hospital in Malabang on Wednesday. "The isolation facility will not only benefit Malabang constituents but all nearby municipalities of Lanao Del Sur amidst the Covid-19 pandemic," Latiph told reporters