The total number of cops who have contracted the virus now stands at 5,990. Of
these, 1189 are active, according to the PNP.
Meanwhile, 75 new recoveries were reported by the agency, bringing the total
number to 4,784.
Deaths among police remained at 17, with Thursday's figures reporting no new
fatalities.
UPDATE: As of 6:00PM of September 30, 2020, the PNP Health Service recorded 75 new recoveries today bringing the total...
Posted by Philippine National Police on Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Last Friday, PNP said two of its major COVID-19 task forces would work
together to better safeguard cops assigned to mega quarantine
facilities.
Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, commander of the Joint Task Force Shield,
confirmed this in a statement released to reporters, after cases among police
breached 5,600 as of the night before. Since then, cases have increased by
over 300.
According to Eleazar, "their first course of action with the PNP’s
Administrative Support for COVID-19 Task Force (ACOTF) [is] to inspect all the
quarantine and swabbing facilities being managed and supervised by the PNP."
ASCOTF is led by Police Lt. Gen. Cesar Hawthorne Binag.
The facilities inspected were Philsports Arena in Pasig City, the Philippine
International Convention Center (PICC) and the Mall of Asia Mega Quarantine
Facility, both located in Pasay City.
"The guidelines given by the Chief PNP, Police General Camilo Pancratius
Cascolan is for the two task forces, the JTF COVID Shield and the ASCOTF, to
coordinate closely so as to ensure that the mandate will be pursued and
followed,” Eleazar said.
PNP said this new initiative forms part of "buddy system" which was initiated
by Gen. Camilo Cascolan, the country's top cop, "in order for top officials of
the PNP to work together in improving the services to the people."
"In the case of the response on COVID-19, the ‘buddy system’ was between PLt.
Gen. Eleazar and PLt. Gen. Binag who are both members of the Philippine
Military Academy (PMA) Class 1987," the agency's statement further read.
Eleazar said this new effort will "maximize the implementation of the
government’s action plans not only to prevent the spread of the coronavirus
but also in looking over the welfare of those who take care of the infected
Filipinos."
Latest data from the Department of Health shows that 311,694 Filipinos have
contracted novel coronavirus while deaths induced by the virus are at
5,504.
It has been 198 days since the Philippines was first put under lockdown, one
of the longest quarantine periods in the world. Despite this, thousands of new
COVID-19 cases are added to the national caseload daily. — Bella Perez-Rubio
This article first appeared on PhilStar.
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