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Cotabato cop dies of COVID-19

Emmanuel Tupas - The Philippine Star
February 12, 2022 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — A police officer from Cotabato City has died of COVID-19, the Philippine National Police  (PNP) reported yesterday.

PNP deputy chief for administration Lt. Gen. Joselito Vera Cruz said the 46-year-old staff sergeant, an intelligence operative of the Cotabato City police, died while being treated in a hospital on Feb. 7.

The patient’s records show he was vaccinated with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson. He also had diabetes.

A total of 128 PNP members have succumbed to the virus since the pandemic started in 2020.

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