The Philippine National Police (PNP) pointed to the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) as the source of the toxic chemicals being used as a decontamination solution in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) facilities in Pasig City where a police doctor died and four other cops were hospitalized.
Because of this, PNP chief Gen. Archie Gamboa has requested the National Bureau of Investigation to include the OCD in the probe with regard to the death of Police Capt. Casey Gutierrez, adding that it was the family of Gutierrez that sought the assistance of the NBI.
Aside from the chemicals, Gamboa said that the Personal Protective Equipment being used by the police also came from the OCD. Gutierrez’s two companions were also hospitalized. On June 1, the Manila Bulletin learned that two more cops were hospitalized after being sprayed with a decontamination solution at Philsports Arena.
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