{"id":263696,"date":"2020-08-01T04:50:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T08:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263696"},"modified":"2025-01-10T08:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T13:02:41","slug":"another-cop-dies-of-covid-19-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/01\/another-cop-dies-of-covid-19-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Another cop dies of Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_256596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256596\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alberta-govt-to-hand-out-non-medical-masks-at-600-fast-food-drive-thrus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-256596 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alberta-govt-to-hand-out-non-medical-masks-at-600-fast-food-drive-thrus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alberta-govt-to-hand-out-non-medical-masks-at-600-fast-food-drive-thrus.jpg 750w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alberta-govt-to-hand-out-non-medical-masks-at-600-fast-food-drive-thrus-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As of Friday night, the number of Covid-19 infections among police ranks has reached 2,151 as the PNP Health Service reported 42 new confirmed cases. (File photo: @visuals\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Another police officer succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the Philippine National Police&#8217;s (PNP) death toll from the disease to 11.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Saturday, the PNP said the latest fatality is a 49-year-old police non-commissioned officer assigned at the Northern Police District, who passed away on July 24.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday night, the number of Covid-19 infections among police ranks has reached 2,151 as the PNP Health Service reported 42 new confirmed cases.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a total of 823 personnel have recovered from the disease.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy valtrex online <a href=\"https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/valtrex.html\">https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/valtrex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The health service is also monitoring 850 probable cases and 2,521 suspected cases.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy buspar online <a href=\"https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/buspar.html\">https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/buspar.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, PNP spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac, said the majority of the cops who have contracted the disease were asymptomatic.<\/p>\n<p>Banac said cops tested for Covid-19 would observe a 14-day quarantine and undergo another test.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zithromax online <a href=\"https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/zithromax.html\">https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/zithromax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Once cleared, they have to rest for seven to 10 more days before going back to duty, he added.<\/p>\n<p>PNP Chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa, earlier said the PNP\u2019s second Covid-19 testing laboratory in Camp Crame is expected to boost its testing capacity for police front-liners.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the PNP opened its first Covid-19 testing facility, which can conduct up to 150 tests per day.<\/p>\n<p>Gamboa, meanwhile, expressed hope that the PNP\u2019s Covid-19 testing laboratories for police officers in the cities of Cebu and Davao would become operational before he retires on September 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Another police officer succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the Philippine National Police&#8217;s (PNP) death toll from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":256596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263696","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\/263696","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=263696"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282214,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263696\/revisions\/282214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}