Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 16) – The Manila Police District Station 11 in Binondo, Manila has been placed under lockdown after 46 policemen tested positive for COVID-19, the Manila Public Information Office confirmed on Monday.
MPD chief PBGen. Leo Francisco ordered the lockdown to control the rising COVID-19 cases in the said police station.
Francisco added 37 among the 121 police officers of MPD Station 11 tested negative for COVID-19, while 38 other cops are waiting for their results and were asked to undergo quarantine inside the station.
Disinfecting the station premises will also be implemented.
The nation’s top cop Gen. Debold Sinas announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 last March 11.
The Oriental Mindoro provincial government said Sinas skipped health screening upon his arrival in the province on the day he announced his positive test result. PNP-MIMAROPA regional director PBGen Pascual Muñoz Jr. clarified that Sinas sent his online registration and the confirmation message, two entry requirements in the province, even before his arrival.
As of March 14, the Philippine National Police reported a total of 12,240 confirmed COVID-19 cases among policemen, 890 of which are active cases. Some 33 police officers died and 11,317 cops recovered from COVID-19.
