(Eagle News) — The Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management is implementing a 10-day lockdown on its main offices after it logged 82 COVID-19 cases so far.
According to the PD-DBAM, the cases were confirmed following a recent RT-PCR testing of its employees.
It said as a result, the lockdown applies to its offices in Paco and San Miguel in Manila until September 5.
“This is to allow the agency to conduct more tests, contact tracing, and cleaning/disinfection activities,” it said.
Regular operations, it said, will resume on September 6.
“To ensure operational continuity of vital services and transactions, the PS-DBM’s Accounting, Inspection, and Warehouse and Delivery divisions will continue to report to work once the assigned personnel under skeleton workforce have tested negative,” it said.
The Philippines on Monday, Aug. 30, reported a record-high 22366 new COVID-19 infections.