Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 26) – Three government offices have temporarily suspended their operations due to COVID-19 related reasons, officials said.
Makati Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Elmo Alameda and Metropolitan Trial Court Executive Judge Jackie Saguisag also instructed to temporarily close all regional trial courts, metropolitan trial courts and Offices of the Clerk of Court because a court employee received a positive result from a rapid test.
The Department of Labor Department in Cordillera halted its operations from June 26 to June 29, as they need to disinfect the place. Employees in the regional office and Baguio-Benguet field office are also awaiting their coronavirus test results, DOLE-Cordillera Regional Director Exequiel Ronie Guzman said in an advisory posted Friday on their office’s Facebook page.
No other detail was mentioned.
The Securities Exchange Commission, on the other hand, said in a statement Thursday that its main office in Pasay City will be closed until June 30 as two of their staff and two outsourced personnel tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing rapid antibody testing.
The commission said the two employees have no known travel history abroad, no known exposure, and do not manifest COVID-19 symptoms. They have been working from home since March 13, and only went to the main office to take the rapid tests a few days ago, it said.
Meanwhile, the Taguig city government announced also on Thursday that all courts and offices in the Taguig City Hall of Justice would be closed until July 9 as several personnel reported a possible exposure to some colleagues who caught the viral disease.
Court operations and other services in the hall of justice will still continue online, the city government said.
The Taguig City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit and Taguig Safe City Task Force will lead the swab testing among all judges and employees, including security guards.
All of the Hall of Justice’s staff are required to self-quarantine during the closure.
Other government offices, such as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources compound and the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal both in Quezon City, were also placed on lockdown yesterday due to employees who tested positive for COVID-19.
