SunStar PNP chief tests positive for coronavirus
MANILA. Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas is interviewed by reporters on March 10, 2021, a day before his swab test for Sars-CoV-2 yielded positive results. (Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo)
+ March 11, 2021 PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Debold Sinas has tested positive for Sars-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
PNP spokesperson Brigadier General Ildebrand Usana confirmed the test result on Thursday, March 11, 2021, but said Sinas was “okay” and asymptomatic. Yes po. But he is okay po. No cause for worry. Prayers na lang po muna para kay chief PNP, Usana said in a message to reporters.
March 02, 2021 THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, launched its official vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) with the inoculation of over 100 personnel.
The military received 100,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine donated by China, about two months after officials admitted that Presidential Security Group (PSG) personnel illegally received Sinopharm vaccines that were smuggled into the country.
Both the Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines are from China. The Sinovac vaccine was developed by Sinovac Life Sciences Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Nasdaq-listed Sinovac Biotech Ltd., while the Sinopharm vaccine was developed by a subsidiary of state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd.