LUPJ Preventive Swab Tests Detects CoViD-19-Positive PDLs
By: Estrella M Follosco, GPC-LUPJ | Photos By: GPC-LUPJ | Date: June 16, 2021
Classified under Priority Group A1.7 or closed setting, the La Union Provincial Jail (LUPJ) gives priority to the need for mass testing to ensure safety of all staff and Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) against CoViD-19. Thus, conducted an on-site RT-PCR Test for all PDL and personnel of the LUPJ on June 16, 2021.
The testing was conducted in coordination with the Provincial Health Office and Home of Hope Isolation Facility in Brgy. Sevilla, City of San Fernando, La Union.
The swabbing team, headed by Medical Technologist II Ms. Jonalyn V. Fernandez reminded all who took part in the activity of the importance of minimum health protocols as well as strict compliance to the prescribed isolation period.
Results showed that there were two individuals who tested positive out of 80 PDL and 7 LUPJ personnel. As of June 28, 2021, one of the two individuals who tested positive has already yielded a negative result while the other is recovering at the Isolation Center.
