MANILA, Philippines—Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar, the officer-in-charge of the Philippine National Police (PNP), announced on Saturday that a pregnant police officer was the latest COVID-19 fatality in the organization.
The PNP to date has lost 36 officers to COVID-19.
“It is with a heavy heart and deep sadness that I announce the untimely demise of another esteemed police officer who was in the frontline in this epic fight against a silent but deadly enemy,” said Eleazar in a statement.
Eleazar said the police officer, who tested positive for COVID-19 on March 12, was assigned as a Questioned Document Examiner and one of the team leaders of Valenzuela Cit…
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