The Quezon City Police District on Friday requested the transfer of a female detainee to a quarantine facility, after getting word that she tested positive for COVID-19.
She was a"pregnant person under police custody " at the Kamuning Police Station , who was arrested for illegal drugs on March 10, according to a press statement of the QCPD.
Before giving birth, she underwent a swab test for COVID-19 at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center on April 18. She was brought back to the station three days later. The QCPD received the laboratory results from the Lung Center of the Philippines on April 25, which revealed that the detainee contracted the viral disease.," Police Lieutenant Colonel Johanna Sazon, Chief of the Public Information Office of QCPD, told reporters.Police Lieutenant Colonel Lucio Simangan, Jr., Commander of PS 10, directed the quick response team to isolate the detainee.
Sazon affirmed this in a message to reporters, saying the other inmates may also be tested for the coronavirus infection. She added that they will coordinate with the city health office. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology handles all city, district, provincial, and municipal jails and detention facilities nationwide.
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