Bilibid reports first COVID case
MANILA, Philippines — The New Bilibid Prison (NBP) reported yesterday its first case of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.
An inmate of the NBP’s medium security compound tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
The inmate was hospitalized at the NBP infirmary on April 17 after manifesting symptoms of the virus.
The prisoner was transferred to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, where he remains confined.
At least 40 inmates at the overcrowded Bilibid were placed under isolation, the BuCor said.
Medical staff of the penitentiary’s infirmary who attended to the inmate went on quarantine as they are considered carriers of the virus.
There are more than 29,000 inmates in Bilibid.
The Quezon City Jail and Correctional Institution for Women previously reported cases of COVID-19.
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