Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 2) — The Manila Police District confirmed that two detainees who tested positive of COVID-19 were arrested on Tuesday after escaping quarantine facility in Binondo, Manila.
Detainees Ceasar Adriatco and Jerick Savallon were discovered to have fled the Delpan Evacuation Center Tuesday morning.
Adriatco is arrested due to drug use, while Savallon is charged of child abuse. They tested positive of COVID-19 based on a swab test result dated May 3 that required them to be isolated in the quarantine facility.
Both were arrested around Sta. Ana, Manila area. The MPD is already conducting contact tracing to all those who had close contact with the detainees. Police officers who were also in close contact with the two will be placed under quarantine.
