BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City –Twenty-two police officers guarding quarantine centers in Negros Occidental have tested negative for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
These policemen belonged to the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office. They were subjected to real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests after one of the individuals confined at the quarantine center was found out to be positive for the virus.
NOCPPO spokesperson, Police Major Edison Garcia, said the police officers have been posted in various quarantine facilities in the province with specific orders to secure those who are undergoing quarantine.
However, if there are no reported COVID-19 positive cases in quarantine facilities within 14 days, Garcia explained that RT-PCR tests would no longer be necessary.
Garcia added they are presently coordinating with the local government units in the province in order for the 1,900 NOCPPO police officers to undergo RT-PCR testing./PN
