5 more cops infected

MANILA, Philippines — Five more Philippine National Police personnel have contracted COVID-19, the PNP reported yesterday.

There are now 28 active cases in the police force, according to the latest report released by the PNP.

A total of 42,265 PNP members have been infected with COVID-19 since last year.

The death toll remains at 125 while 42,112 or 99.63 percent of the patients have recovered.

The PNP’s vaccination drive remains in full swing with 215,695 of its personnel fully vaccinated. At least 8,863 are waiting for their second dose.

At least 1,552 police personnel have yet to receive their COVID jabs, with 871 of them still refusing to get vaccinated.

Board member gets COVID

Meanwhile, Bulacan provincial board member Emily Viceo tested positive for COVID-19.

Viceo told The STAR that she got two doses of Sinovac and had Moderna for booster shot.

She said she was found infected on Dec. 29 when she accompanied her husband for a medical procedure in a hospital in Taguig.

Viceo is in isolation at her residence in Quezon City.

As this developed, in Pangasinan, 31 towns and three cities logged zero active COVID cases on Thursday, according to the provincial health office.

The province logged 23 active cases as of Thursday.

Pangasinan registered only three new cases from Dec. 24 to 30. – Ramon Efren Lazaro, Eva Visperas