The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines spearheaded by Resident Representative Dr. Selva Ramachandran turned over five medical ventilators to the Lanao del Sur provincial government to support of the efforts to enhance the local government’s capacity in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
(From left) Lanao de Sur Board Member Abdulrashid Balindong; Winston Camarinas, UNDP Philippines Cotabato Office; Lanao del Sur Board Member Allan Panolong; Dr. Selva Ramachandran, Resident Representative of UNDP Philippines; Dr. Chetan Kumar, UNDP
Philippines; Lanao del Sur Board member Abdulhamid Amerbitor
Due to the surge of Covid-19 in the province, Lanao del Sur and its component city, Marawi City, are the only areas in the country under the Modified Enhance Community Quarantine (MECQ) the highest community quarantine classification as a means to flatten the rising number of cases.