CITY OF MALOLOS – Two detention facilities and the office of the Public Attorney’s Office at the Bulacan Provincial Capitol were locked down this week, after 22 employees and suspects under police custody tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Bulacan Provincial Warden Marcos Rivero on Friday (July 17) temporarily banned visits after a jail employee caught the disease.
Health workers have taken swab samples from 18 elderly inmates, who have fever as well as 13 guards who show no symptoms but were on duty with the infected jail employee.
Meanwhile, 20 detained suspects as well as personnel of the Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have also contracted the disease.
The detainees did not show symptoms of the virus but have been isolated in their cells since Tuesday (July 14) while the CIDG Bulacan director and five of his men have locked themselves inside their offices.
Dr. Jocelyn Gomez, Bulacan provincial health officer, said those infected have been given medicines and their conditions are being monitored constantly.
The PAO office was also closed for disinfection after an employee tested positive for the virus.
Bulacan currently has 869 recorded cases with 41 deaths.