Workplace corona

By Raymond Carl Dela Cruz, 13 Apr 2021 MANILA – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) reported that 787 personnel in the four rail lines in Metro Manila have so far tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), based on data collected on Monday.

by Joey Villar (The Philippine Star), 13 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will shut down its administrative offices at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila and PhilSports Complex in Pasig for 10 days starting today after COVID-19 cases within its ranks rose from 35 to 63 yesterday.

by Elizabeth Marcelo (The Philippine Star), 13 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The ombudsman’s central office in Quezon City will remain closed as 17 employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

by Ghio Ong (The Philippine Star), 11 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Ninety-four more railway personnel tested positive for COVID-19 amid the ongoing mass testing of employees of Metro Manila’s four rail lines, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said yesterday.

by Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), 11 Apr 2021 TUGUEGARAO, Philippines — Thirty-one hospital workers in Ilagan, Isabela and five others including a doctor in Piat, Cagayan, who received their first dose of the COVID vaccine last month, tested positive for virus.

by Franco Luna (Philstar.com) – 7 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Compounding an already precarious public transport system amid the Enhanced Community Quarantine, hundreds of railway workers under the transportation department have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in recent days, the department disclosed.

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By: Carmela Reyes-Estrope, Inquirer Central Luzon, 6 Apr 2021 CITY OF MALOLOS –– At least 33 of the 268 employees of the municipal hall in San Ildefonso in Bulacan have been infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), said officials on Monday.

Rizal Provincial Hospital System Antipolo Annex II is closed for new COVID-19 & non-COVID-19 patients as 70 of 120 workers are quarantined, including 20 who tested positive. The hospital chief said some patients did not properly disclose their health information. | @adrianayalin pic.twitter.com/FcErEf0zrz — ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) April 6, 2021

by Ellson Quismorio, Manila Bulletin, 4 Apr 2021 The continuing surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases will lead to the limited operations of the Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT-1), LRT-2, and Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3) beginning Monday, April 5 after hundreds of infections among its employees were reported.

by Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star), 4 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Seven persons from the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) in Mandaluyong died of COVID-19 in March alone following a surge in infections wherein 152 tested positive for the virus, Mayor Carmelita Abalos said yesterday.

by Sheila Crisostomo, Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star), 4 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The sweeping transmission of COVID-19 among its staff has forced the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC) in Quezon City to operate on limited capacity.

ALERT: Workers at the Philippine Orthopedic Center appealing for isolation facilities as more than 100 health workers test positive for COVID-19. (Thread)(I interviewed Sean Velchez, union head at POC, after reading his FB post and the hospital's official FB page.) pic.twitter.com/G7VCbDAhVm — inday espina varona (@indayevarona) April 1, 2021

by Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), 1 Apr 2021 TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines — A medical frontliner has died while 30 other health workers at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) in this city, who have been inoculated against COVID-19, have tested positive for the virus.

(Philstar.com), 31 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines— Several priests at the Jesuit Residence have tested positive for COVID-19, the Ateneo de Manila University said Wednesday, days after it announced that that the house was placed on lockdown.

by Ric Sapnu (The Philippine Star), 29 Mar 2021 IBA, Zambales, Philippines — A doctor at the President Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital (PRMMH) in this town yesterday died of COVID, the provincial health office said.

JUST IN: Philippine Heart Center confirms the death of a male staff nurse assigned at their charity ward. 13 Doctors, 30 nurses and 15 hospital staffers who are close contacts have been tested and are undergoing quarantine at a PHC facility. @gmanewsbreaking @gmanews — JP Soriano (@jpsoriano) March 20, 2021

By Eimor Santos, CNN Philippines, 20 Mar 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 20) — A group of nurses called on the government to come up with a pandemic plan that is “caring,” not just scientific and adequate, as more health workers get infected with the coronavirus.

By: Carla Gomez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 Mar 2021 BACOLOD CITY—A union leader here reminded employers they should conduct a survey to find out if their workers were willing to get injected with coronavirus vaccines.

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by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News, 19 Mar 2021 Security personnel keep the gates closed at the Department of Education (DepEd) headquarters in Pasig City on Friday. The entire central office has been locked down from March 18 to 24 as a precaution on the spread of the COVID-19 virus, following reported cases in its offices.

by Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star), 19 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The health worker who died days after getting vaccinated might have already been infected with COVID-19 at the time he got the vaccine from Sinovac, a medical expert said yesterday.

Department of justice padre faura locked down 17 employees positive — Puretuts EnP (@puretuts) March 18, 2021

LOOK: Department of Social Welfare and Development Central Office to go on lockdown for 3 days, starting tomorrow until Sunday, for disinfection after COVID-19 cases among personnel. @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/Whg2CTBEzf — Pia Ranada (@piaranada) March 18, 2021

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 18 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More government offices have been put under lockdown as COVID-19 cases among employees spike, with authorities using the closure to implement necessary sanitation and disinfection procedures.

(Philstar.com), 16 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A workers group slammed Tuesday the adjustment of a uniform curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. across Metro Manila, calling it a burden to all workers in the capital region amid the pronounced shortage in mass transportation.

by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 16 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A coalition of healthcare professionals called on private firms and local government units to implement measures such as staggered working hours and coordinated contact tracing as the country deals with another spike in COVID-19 cases.

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 15 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 1:30 p.m., March 15) — The coronavirus has reached the halls of the government’s planning agency leading the relentless push for the economy to reopen from pandemic lockdowns.