MANILA, Philippines — Five more policemen have been found positive for the novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2, bringing the total count of infected Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel to
PNP Health Service records showed Wednesday that the five new cases involved two policemen aged 36 and 43 from Laguna, a 29-year-old policeman from Muntinlupa City, another 29-year-old policeman from Taguig City, and a 50-year-old from Bulacan.
PNP Health Service director Brig. Gen. Herminio Tadeo Jr. said they also documented 105 police personnel who are considered as probable patients while 456 police personnel were listed as suspected carriers of the virus, which causes COVID-19, a respiratory illness.for persons under investigation for SARS-CoV-2, namely “probable” and “suspects”.
Suspects are PUIs who are not yet tested for the virus while probable are PUIs who are awaiting test results from laboratories.
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