{"id":251058,"date":"2020-04-03T05:23:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T09:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=251058"},"modified":"2020-04-03T05:23:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T09:23:02","slug":"2-cops-die-of-covid-19-pnp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/03\/2-cops-die-of-covid-19-pnp\/","title":{"rendered":"2 cops die of Covid-19: PNP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_247937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247937\" style=\"width: 2400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-247937\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"3106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash-791x1024.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-247937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a statement, PNP chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa said these are PNP\u2019s patient number 13 (PNP-13), a 46-year-old policeman assigned in Laguna and patient number 8 (PNP-8), 48, who is assigned in Metro Manila. (File Photo by CDC\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday confirmed that two police officers died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, PNP chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa said these are PNP\u2019s patient number 13 (PNP-13), a 46-year-old policeman assigned in Laguna and patient number 8 (PNP-8), 48, who is assigned in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n<p>Gamboa extended his condolences to the bereaved families of the two police officers and assured them of full financial support and social benefits.<\/p>\n<p>PNP-13 was listed as a person under monitoring (PUM) and died last March 27 due to cardiac arrest. A post mortem examination was done and a week after his swab test, results showed that he was positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>PNP-8 died on Thursday. While on duty last March 19, the patient experienced high fever and was immediately admitted to a nearby hospital. He later tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, 13 police officers have tested positive for the Covid-19 while a total of 209 PNP personnel (39 police commissioned officers (PCOs), 161 non-commissioned officers (PNCO) and nine Non Uniformed Personnel (NUP) were classified as patients under investigation (PUIs) and 1,600 personnel (368 PCO, 1172 PNCO and 60 NUP) are listed as PUMs.<\/p>\n<p>The PNP did not provide details on the remaining Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n<p>The Kiangan Billeting Center in Camp Crame has already admitted nine PNP personnel listed as PUIs who are undergoing self-quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>Biosafety protocols such as decontamination and provision of minimum Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for all PNP health workers in the building are strictly implemented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday confirmed that two police officers died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":247937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251060,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251058\/revisions\/251060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}