PNP chief Sinas tests positive for COVID-19

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<p>MANILA<strong> (2nd UPDATE) </strong>- The country&#x27;s police chief Gen. Debold Sinas has tested positive for COVID-19, the spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.</p><p>Police Brig. Gen. Ildebrandi Usana said Sinas was in Mindoro when he received the result of his swab test, prompting him to immediately return to Metro Manila.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Kinumpirma ni PNP PIO Chief BGen Ildebrandi Usana na nagpositibo sa covid19 si PNP Chief Debold Sinas</p>— doland castro (@dolandcastro) <a href="https://twitter.com/dolandcastro/status/1369983334957211653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>He is asymptomatic and has volunteered to be confined at the Kiangan treatment facility in Camp Crame, the PNP headquarters, in Quezon City.</p><p>Sinas said he might have contracted the disease within the last two days.</p><p>Usana said PNP Deputy Chief for Administration P/Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar has been appointed as officer-in-charge of the organization while Sinas goes on quarantine.</p><p>&quot;I am very sorry for the relapse in the observance of mandatory health protocols,&quot; Sinas said in a statement.<br/> <br/>Sinas was charged last year in relation to the mañanita or pre-dawn birthday serenade for him in May held in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, that allegedly violated the 10-people limit on gatherings to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.</p><p>Sinas was chief of the National Capital Region Police Office at that time, and the entire Luzon was under a strict lockdown then.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/09/20/palace-says-maj-gen-sinas-is-new-pnp-chief">READ: Mañanita controversy general Sinas is new PNP chief</a></li></ul><p>Despite the controversy, President Rodrigo Duterte refused to sack the police official and even picked him as PNP chief in November last year.</p><p>On Wednesday, Sinas led the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pnp.pio/posts/5248886655152548">oath-taking and donning of ranks</a> of newly promoted police officers in Camp Crame.</p><p>As of March 10, the PNP has recorded 11,896 COVID-19 cases among its personnel, of which, 671 are active infections.</p><p>In a statement on the same day, the PNP said Sinas had appealed to the public to cooperate in the implementation and observance of health protocols as a spike in new cases has been observed in recent days.</p><p>&quot;We cannot afford to lower our guard against the virus, especially at this point when the cure is already within reach,&quot; he said.</p><p>Total COVID-19 cases in the country reached 607,048 on Thursday, including 47,769 active infections, 12,608 deaths, and 546,671 recoveries.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/11/21/ph-logs-3749-new-covid-19-cases-highest-since-sept-active-cases-also-highest-since-oct">READ: PH logs 3,749 new COVID-19 cases, highest since September</a></li></ul><div><strong>- with reports from Doland Castro, Wheng Hidalgo and Zyann Ambrosio, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ECfb5ITuSdk?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MANILA<strong> (2nd UPDATE) </strong>- The country's police chief Gen. Debold Sinas has tested positive for COVID-19, the spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.</p>

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - The country's police chief Gen. Debold Sinas has tested positive for COVID-19, the spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.

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PNP chief Sinas tests positive for COVID-19

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