(Eagle News) — Thirty-nine more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19.
The additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 10,618.
Twenty-nine additional cases, however, pushed the COVID-19 total among PNP personnel to 11,083.
Of these, 434 were active.
No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 31.
The government is gearing up for a COVID-19 vaccination program slated to start this year.
Among the priorities in the program are uniformed personnel, including policemen, who are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte thumbed down the proposal to place the entire Philippines under a modified general community quarantine without a COVID-19 vaccine rollout.