MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 35 this week after a 54-year-old police officer from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) succumbed to the viral illness.
In a statement on Saturday, PNP officer in charge Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said that the police officer died on March 18 at the V. Luna Medical Center (VLMC) in Quezon City.
Eleazar said that the initial investigation revealed that two weeks prior to the police officer’s hospital admission, he manifested fever and productive cough and took over the counter medication.
But on March 18, he expe…
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