All policemen of Cebu City who were isolated for contracting COVID-19 have proven negative to the disease in the most recent swab test.
CEBU CITY, Philippines — All policemen of Cebu City who were isolated for contracting the Coronavirus Disease 2019 have proven negative to the disease in the most recent swab test., on Wednesday, August 26, 2020.“Hopefully no one else will be infected because they already have the antibodies,” he added.
The last policeman will graduate from the Cebu City isolation facility in Barangay Taptap in the next seven days, and will hopefully be the last of the police force to be isolated for the disease. Ligan said the infection in the force began during the drug busts conducted in the pasts without the proper protocol yet set for the handling of possibly COVID-positive arrested individuals.
This time, the protocol has become stricter to ensure the safety of the officer as Mayor Edgardo Labella ordered that all detainees be isolated and swabbed prior to being jailed with the rest of the detainees.The CCPO director also said all police stations improved their health safety measures as every station now has a defogging chamber, a handwashing station, and social distancing is being practiced as much as possible.
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