BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 14(PIA) - Various assistance continue to pour in for the Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Provincial Jail due to the 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 the COVID-19 have been isolated at the Boy Scout Jamboree site in barangay Masoc while the asymptomatic ones were transfered to nearby buildings.
"We have coordinated with the Philippine National Police (PNP) to secure them properly while our PDLs who were isolated and recuperating outside the Provincial Jail," Andrada said.