SEC main office in Pasay City will be closed for disinfection until Tuesday after 2 employees, 2 outsourced personnel tested positive for COVID-19. Other gov't offices closed for disinfection:
Two of these are the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and the entire Department of Environment and Natural Resources compound, both in Quezon City.
Tribunal chairperson and Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said Thursday he ordered the lockdown of the premises and quarantine of some personnel for 14 days due to a possible COVID-19 case.Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda, in a Zoom meeting with reporters on the same day, said Secretary Roy Cimatu ordered a lockdown for the entire DENR compound after two Environment Management Bureau employees tested positive.
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