Help pours for NVizcaya PDLs infected with Covid
BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (April 14)—Various assistance continues to pour in for the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Provincial Jail due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Provincial Jail Warden Carmelo Andrada said they have temporarily suspended the regular visits of the PDLs relatives and loved ones as 67 of them including five Jail Guards have been infected with Covid-19 as of April 12.
The infected PDLs who are suffering mild effects of Covid-19 have been isolated at the Boy Scout Jamboree site in Barangay Masoc here while the asymptomatic ones were transferred to nearby buildings.
"We have coordinated with the Philippine National Police (PNP) to secure them properly while our PDLs who were isolated and recuperat...