Philippines police raid clandestine hospital

Philippine police have raided a small clandestine hospital and a drugstore catering to Chinese citizens suspected of being infected with COVID-19.

Police officials said law enforcement officers found a Chinese patient in the seven-bed hospital and drug store during Tuesday’s raid at a residential villa, which was illegally turned into a medical facility at the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone northwest of Manila.

More than 200 suspected Chinese-branded coronavirus rapid test kits and used syringes were recovered in trash cans.

Authorities said the illegal hospital and drugstore can endanger patients instead of saving them because they do not conform with government health regulations and standards.