Active Bilibid COVID-19 cases reduced to 15 –BuCor

The number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the New Bilibid Prison has been reduced to 15 cases from the over 400 infections previously reported, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Saturday.

“From 400 plus infections ay 300 plus din ‘yung recoveries natin at kaonti na lang ang active cases. This morning ay 15 po 'yung na-report ng ating Health Service na active case,” BuCor spokesperson Colonel Gabriel Chaclag said in an interview on Dobol B sa News TV.

Chaclag said that in the past few months the NBP management learned from how to quickly isolate convicts who showed COVID-19 symptoms.

“Kaunti na lang po ‘yung ating mga cases ng COVID dito at mas marami nga po ‘yung ating personnel na naka-isolate dahil sa COVID-19. Dahil natutuo po tayo sa mga nakaraang mga buwan ay naging maganda po ‘yung natutunan natin,” Chaclag said.

“Ang masasabi po natin ay hindi po katulad ng mga nakaraang dalawang buwan, tatlong buwan na nangangapa po at hindi naman po siguro kami lang po ang pinangyarihan ng ganon, pati po sa pang kalahatan,” he later added.

Meanwhile, convicted former mayor Antonio Sanchez was being treated for his other ailments in a government hospital. The former mayor tested negative for COVID-19.

“Bagama’t negative ‘yung kanyang swab test ay mayroon pa siyang ibang ailments katulad ng community-acquired pneumonia and gastroenteritis, hypertension, at may mga iba pa,” Chaclag said. — DVM, GMA News