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Nearly half of PNP fully vaccinated vs COVID-19: chief

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="PNP officers stand in the way, blocking the marching protesters along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on July 26, 2021, in time with President Rodrigo Duterte" s="" last="" State="" of="" the="" Nation="" Address.="" Mark="" ABS-CBN="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/09/06/20210726-sona-2021-protest-md-9009.jpg"/><figcaption>PNP officers stand in the way, blocking the marching protesters along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on July 26, 2021, in time with President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s last State of the Nation Address.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Nearly half or 48 percent of the Philippine National Police are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, its chief said Monday.</p><p>Out of the 93 percent that have received a jab, some 45 percent are waiting for their second dose, said PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar.</p><p>In Metro Manila, 63 percent out of 97 percent of its police force have been fully inoculated, he added.</p><p>&quot;Sa NCRPO (National Capital Region Police Office) specifically, we see to it na yung ating mga pulis na nadedeploy, lalo na sa mga checkpoint natin, ay fully vaccinated,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>(In NCRPO specifically, we see to it that policemen deployed, especially in checkpoints, are fully vaccinated.)</p><p>Eleazar made the remarks after the Inter-Agency Task Force approved the implementation of granular lockdowns across the capital region instead of enforcing a quarantine status.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/04/21/iatf-approves-granular-lockdowns-in-ncr-says-dti-chief">IATF approves granular lockdowns in NCR, says DTI chief</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/04/21/pagpapatupad-ng-granular-lockdown-sa-ncr-aprub-ng-iatf">Pagpapatupad ng granular lockdown sa NCR aprub ng IATF; desisyon ni Duterte hihintayin pa</a></li></ul><p>Under granular lockdowns, policemen are expected to man checkpoints along with force multipliers, Eleazar said.</p><p>PNP personnel to be deployed in these areas must wait for their COVID-19 test results, he added.</p><p>&quot;Hindi na po mauulit nag nangyari noon sa SONA na habang naghihintay ng resulta ay nasa deployment ka,&quot; he said.</p><p>(What happened last SONA will not occur again, that while waiting for their test results, personnel were deployed.)</p><p>Some 35,703 policemen have contracted COVID-19 as of Sunday night, of which 2,238 cases remain active, according to Eleazar.</p><p>A total of 108 or 0.3 percent of the cases have died, while the PNP has a 93.4 percent recovery rate, he added.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1766614" width="100%"></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>

Nearly half or 48 percent of the Philippine National Police are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, its chief said Monday.