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MANILA - Seven policemen have tested positive for COVID-19, the Philippine National Police said Wednesday as it opened a quarantine facility in its headquarters in Quezon City for personnel suspected of infection.

The first floor is allotted to health workers while the 2nd to 4th floors of the building are for policemen suspected of contracting the respiratory illness.

As of posting, there are 145 policemen considered as persons under investigation or those who had contact with COVID-positive personnel, while more than 1,000 are under monitoring.

Quarantine area para sa mga pulis na PUI at PUM dahil sa #COVID19, binuksan sa Camp Crame, QC (📷: PNP PIO) pic.twitter.com/S3fnJtLbTp

— Zhander Cayabyab (@zhandercayabyab) April 1, 2020

The Philippines has confirmed 88 deaths out of its total 2,084 cases of the novel coronavirus, as of Tuesday.

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Metro Manila and the entire Luzon, home to about half of the country's 100 million people, is under lockdown until April 12 to contain the pandemic.

--Report from Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN News