A total of 101 police officers from the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) who recovered from the coronavirus disease are now ready to go back to work.
The regional director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas , Police Brigadier General Ignatius Ferro, speaks during a Reintegration Program for the 101 COVID-19-recovered police officers on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. | Screengrabbed from PRO-7 live video. who recovered from the coronavirus disease are now ready to go back to work.
In a phone interview, regional director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro said these officers have already been tested negative for the virus and have completed the needed requirements to ensure that they are fit to get back to work. After 14 days in isolation, these police officers were subjected to RT-PCR swab testing. Once testing negative of the virus, these police officers were also made to undergo counseling.
As of July 29, there are already 511 police officers who contracted the virus, 323 of them have already recovered. This leaves 188 active cases in the force.
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