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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 28) Dozens of police personnel from the Quezon City Police District Station 3 tested positive for COVID-19, the Quezon City government announced Tuesday.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said of the 161 policemen who underwent swab tests on July 23, 82 had positive results while 79 were negative. All positive cases were asymptomatic and have been fully inoculated against the disease, said QC Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit chief Dr. Rolando Cruz.
The 82 policemen who tested positive were assigned to Police Station 3 (Talipapa), Police Community Precinct 1 (Unang Sigaw), and Police Community Precinct 2 (Bahay Toro).
Of the infected cops, 48 have already been admitted to the city’s HOPE quarantine facility Tuesday night while the remaining 34 will be brought there today, added Cruz.
A volunteer medical worker prepares to administer the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine to workers during a vaccination drive for economic frontliners in Manila on July 20, 2021. - AFP
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The independent pandemic monitor OCTA Research group on Thursday (July 21) called for “urgent and appropriate” response from the national and local governments, saying the uptick in Covid-19 cases in the nation’s capital could be driven by the more transmissible Delta variant after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 12 more cases.
“The OCTA Research group believes that a surge in its early stages has started in the NCR (National Capital Region),” it said in a report.
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