BACOLOD CITY: A team of 12 doctors, nurses and medical aides from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Central Command arrived in Bacolod City on Friday to reinforce efforts of the local government to curb the rising cases of coronavirus infections in the province.

The AFP medical team will fill in the gap left by doctors and nurses, who have been quarantined, following the request for help of the Bacolod City government from President Rodrigo Duterte.