7 cops test positive for COVID-19, PNP opens quarantine facility

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MUUJbbX46G4?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 - Seven policemen have tested positive for COVID-19, the Philippine National Police said Wednesday as it opened a quarantine facility in its headquarters in Quezon City for personnel suspected of infection.</p><p>The first floor is allotted to health workers while the 2nd to 4th floors of the building are for policemen suspected of contracting the respiratory illness.</p><p>As of posting, there are 145 policemen considered as persons under investigation or those who had contact with COVID-positive personnel, while more than 1,000 are under monitoring.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Quarantine area para sa mga pulis na PUI at PUM dahil sa <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a>, binuksan sa Camp Crame, QC (📷: PNP PIO) <a href="https://t.co/S3fnJtLbTp">pic.twitter.com/S3fnJtLbTp</a></p>— Zhander Cayabyab (@zhandercayabyab) <a href="https://twitter.com/zhandercayabyab/status/1245166730709630976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Philippines has confirmed 88 deaths out of its total 2,084 cases of the novel coronavirus, as of Tuesday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/20/coronavirus-philippines-covid19-cases-updates-2084">Philippines&#x27; COVID-19 cases climb past 2,000 mark</a></li></ul><p>Metro Manila and the entire Luzon, home to about half of the country&#x27;s 100 million people, is under lockdown until April 12 to contain the pandemic.</p><div><strong>--Report from Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>Seven policemen have tested positive for COVID-19, the Philippine National Police said Wednesday as it opened a quarantine facility in its headquarters in Quezon City for personnel suspected of infection.</p>

Seven policemen have tested positive for COVID-19, the Philippine National Police said Wednesday as it opened a quarantine facility in its headquarters in Quezon City for personnel suspected of infection.

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7 cops test positive for COVID-19, PNP opens quarantine facility

7 cops test positive for COVID-19, PNP opens quarantine facility

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