VISITS at the Sawang Calero Police Station 6 detention cell have been temporarily suspended after 15 of its inmates tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.
According to Lt. Col. Alan Rosario, chief of community relations of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), the sick inmates have been placed in a separate jail room to avoid contaminating their fellow prisoners.
Rosario said those who were newly caught will be brought to other detention cells outside of Calero while the 15 inmates are still recuperating.
The police official said the detention cell where the 15 inmates were temporarily transferred is now covered with a transparent plastic sheet to prevent the spread of the virus.
Rosario said at least three policemen from the CCPO also fell ill with Covid-19.
These policemen, however, were already isolated in their respective houses.
“We already reminded the policemen to always observe the health safety protocol when they arrested some personalities during their anti-criminality operations to avoid the possibility of getting the virus and to avoid contaminating any household member when they go home,” he said.
He said that although all policemen of CPPO were already vaccinated, they should not be complacent and still follow the health protocol.
Meanwile, the CCPO welcomed the idea of Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to ask the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry to donate a container van that will be used as a detention facility to decongest the crowded detention cells.
Lieutenant Colonel, Janette Rafter, chief of the Operations Branch of the CCPO, clarified that not all detention cells in the city’s 11 police stations are fully occupied. (AYB, TPT)