BY JEFFREY DAMICOG
Thirty-six persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during rapid tests, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Friday.
The BuCor assured that the 36 prisoners have been brought to the COVID-19 isolation facility called Site Harry at the NBP.
Aside from this, the 36 PDLs underwent confirmatory reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests to determine if they indeed have COVID-19.
“If results of the confirmatory test is released, those who are positive for the Covid 19 virus will remain at Site Harry until recovery,” the BuCor said.
“The rest who test negative go back to their cells,” it added.
The BuCor said the RT-PCR tests were conducted by the BuCor Medical Team and supervised by the Department of Health.
The 36 PDLs were among 200 inmates at the NBP’s Maximum Security Compound who underwent COVID-19 rapid tests last Oct. 13. (Jeffrey Damicog)
