At least 104 incidents of attacks against front-line health workers have been recorded for the last six weeks of the enhanced community quarantine, a joint task force said on Friday.
Joint Task Force COVID Shield commander Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, however, assured that law enforcement agencies were making the protection of health workers a priority amid incidents of assault.
鈥淭he Filipino people owe to the health workers why we are still standing as a nation and why we continue to believe that we could defeat [COVID-19]. The least that we could do as law enforcers is to protect them from shameless and inconsiderate people who unfairly treat them despite their sacrifices,鈥� he said.
Of the 104 cases, 53 were considered to be 鈥渟olved鈥� while 13 were classified as 鈥渃leared.鈥�
A total of 38 other cases are still under investigation. 鈥擬elvin Gascon