PALO, Leyte – The number of police officers who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Eastern Visayas has reached 263, a report from the Regional Office 8 (PRO8) based in Camp Ruperto Kangleon, Campetic, this town, showed.
PRO8 information officer Lt. Col. Ma. Bella Rentuaya said Sunday the total number of cops infected with the virus has jumped to 263 since the first policeman in the region contracted the diseases on March 17.
Rentuaya reported that out of the total number of infected law enforcers, 28 are active cases, 28 have already recovered, and with zero death.
Rentuaya said that the active cases are now confined in the isolation facilities of their respective local government units.
Rentuaya added that the infected police officers are asymptomatic. They are being closely monitored by the headquarters of PRO8, she added.
She said that the infected police officers could have caught the virus while performing their duties as most of them were detailed at various checkpoints established by the local government units in the region. They are considered as among the country’s front liners in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Rentuaya added. (Restituto A. Cayubit)
