Aside from the police trainees, the virus also infected two personnel and one mess hall server of the training facility.Five of them had colds and sore throats and were swabbed on Nov. 13.Their close contacts were also swabbed on Nov. 19.
At least 19 of them as well as the mess hall server and the two training personnel tested positive for COVID-19.The records of the Eastern Visayas police show that at least 235 police officers had COVID-19 as of Nov. 27, but 172 of them have recovered.The new cases were from Samar province with 34 cases; Leyte, 30; Eastern Samar, three; and one from Northern Samar.
The Department of Health said two persons, a 72-year-old woman from Calbiga, Samar, and a 70-year-old man from Tanauan, Leyte, died last Nov.23 and Nov.25, respectively.What you need to know about Coronavirus.
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