MANILA, Philippines — The first inmate from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) to have acquired the novel coronavirus that causes respiratory ailment COVID-19 has died Friday evening, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said.
“Official notification to the next of kin of the PDL was done and the NBP Hospital staff had coordinated with RITM for the proper disposition of the patient’s remains,” BuCor’s Spokesman Col. Gabriel Chaclag said.
BuCor said inmates or persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) that came in contact with the dead inmate and currently undergoing quarantine still have no symptoms of the virus.
“Proper health monitoring is being given to improve their stamina and increase their chance of surviving the disease,” Chaclag assured.
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