MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) main office in Manila has temporarily stopped operations on Wednesday afternoon after several of its employees have tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
In a virtual forum, Secretary Silvestre Bello III announced that the office started suspending operations at 2 p.m. and will remain closed until Thursday.
“If you noticed, I’m holding my office in the conference room because my office is under lockdown and some of the offices in the Department of Labor (and Employment) are also under lockdown because we have discovered that there are three employees that tested positive for Covid-19,” he said.
Bello, meanwhile, reported that he tested negative for Covid-19 based on his swab test results.
“Good news, I just got the result of my RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test, it’s negative,” he added.
Operations will resume only for essential workers on Friday.
“The start of the lockdown is at 2 pm today until tomorrow. On Friday, we will resume operation but selective reporting of essential workers. All the rest will report on Monday,” he added. (PNA)
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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