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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider Covid-infected cops now at 7, number of PUIs and PUMs in PNP continues to soar

Covid-infected cops now at 7, number of PUIs and PUMs in PNP continues to soar

Published Mar 31, 2020 05:58 am
By Aaron Recuenco  Four more policemen have caught the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), bringing the total number of those who tested positive in the Philippine National Police (PNP) to seven. Philippine National Police spokesperson PCol. Bernard Banac answers questions from the media during a joint news conference with his counterpart in the armed forces Brig.Gen. Edgard Arevalo at Camp Aguinaldo Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. Both Arevalo and Banac say a DNA test has confirmed the identity of the first known Filipino suicide bomber named as Norman Lasuca. Two attackers carrying explosives killed three soldiers, two villagers and themselves and wounded 22 others in a June 28 attack on an army camp in southern Sulu province. The second attacker remains unidentified. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) Philippine National Police spokesperson PCol. Bernard Banac (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez /MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac said the number of those classified as Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) and Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs) is also rising. Quoting the data from the PNP Health Service, Banac said the four more confirmed cases were two males aged and two females aged 47 and 46. “They are all assigned in Metro Manila. They are all frontliners as they were assigned at checkpoints and in the conduct of regular community patrol,” said Banac. The three previous cases were one from Manila, one from Pasay, and another from Laguna. Banac said a total of 145 PNP personnel are considered PUIs, 25 of them are officers. On the other hand, he said a total of 1,416 PNP personnel, 268 of them are officers, are listed as PUIs. With the continuing increase in the number of PUMs and PUIs, Banac said the PNP leadership already directed the Kiangan Billeting Center (KBC) located inside Camp Crame to be open for all police personnel who are recommended to undergo self-quarantine. “The KBC now offers 43 rooms with free board and lodging, free food (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and also other free services such as Wi-fi connection,” said Banac. "This initiative is still part of the organization's Biosafety Plan, helping our PUIs and PUMs personnel to have a place where they can stay without worrying about the rent fee and their meals while in quarantine." Policemen were among those tapped to implement the home quarantine rules via their deployment to quarantine control points and conduct of community patrol. The PNP leadership earlier assured that they will take care of all the hospitalization and other expenses for policemen who would be infected by COVID-19.
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