Workplace corona

by Franco Luna (Philstar.com), 15 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Manila Police District Station 11 in Binondo was placed under special quarantine lockdown amid a spike in coronavirus cases among the station’s personnel.

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By: Vincent Cabreza, Inquirer Southern Luzon, 3 Mar 2021 BAGUIO CITY—Employees of business process outsourcing (BPO) firms, or call centers, have been isolated this week due to a possible coronavirus outbreak after workplace tests confirmed that many of the 118 infection cases recorded in Baguio on Wednesday (Mar. 3) came from these facilities.

by Sheila Crisostomo, Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star), 6 Feb 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Government officials and staff on official business won’t be mandated to undergo strict 14-day quarantine and testing protocols for COVID-19 imposed by local governments, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) announced yesterday.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 4 Feb 2021 MANILA, Philippines — COVID-19 may soon be officially declared as an occupational and compensable illness.

By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 3 Feb 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is seeking the declaration of Covid-19 as a work-related illness.

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by Nestle Semilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 Jan 2020 CEBU CITY —- At least 18 personnel of a government hospital here tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), prompting the temporary closure of its Operating Room complex for decontamination.

by Delfin T. Mallari Jr. @dtmallarijrINQ, 23 Nov 2020 LUCENA CITY — The municipal hall in the coastal town of General Luna in Quezon province has temporarily closed its doors Monday after some of its employees contracted the new coronavirus (COVID-19).

by Carla Gomez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 Nov 2020 BACOLOD CITY —- The Kabankalan City Hall in Negros Occidental was closed to people since Friday, Nov. 20, after at least 18 employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

by Nestor Corrales, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 Nov 2020 (First of two parts) MANILA, Philippines — On Sept. 30, Ela Elesterio of Pasay City was told that she had tested positive for COVID-19. Three days later, a team from the local government was at her house for contact tracing.

by Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), 12 Nov 2020 TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines — A private hospital in this city was closed yesterday after almost all its health workers tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.

by Jigger J. Jerusalem, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 Nov 2020 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines — The local government of Valencia City in Bukidnon province ordered the temporary closure of a mall after one of its workers tested positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and infected 18 others.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 6 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — To ensure compliance with health protocols and labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) continues to monitor online the various private establishments nationwide.

by Ramon Royandoyan (Philstar.com), 28 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Operations of two mining firms were disrupted by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 28 Oct 2020 Workers test positive for COVID-19 MANILA, Philippines — Philex Mining Corp. and Apex Mining Co. Inc. have suspended operations in their mine sites after some employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

PHILEX MINING CORP$PX – 2-day suspension of ops – COVID outbreak at Pascale site– PX will close for at least two days to implement “measures to minimize risk of transmission”– 1,000 emps and family exposed– Early testing @ 9.5% positive rate — Merkado Barkada (@MerkadoBarkada) October 26, 2020

(The Philippine Star), 24 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital has suspended admissions and laboratory services after eight of its medical staff tested positive for COVID-19, an official said yesterday.

by Villamor Visaya Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 Oct 2020 TUGUEGARAO CITY —- The Department of Agriculture-Cagayan Valley regional office here was closed for disinfection starting Monday until Friday after three of its employees contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), authorities said.

by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), 11 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The number of healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 has hit 10,000, but a majority of them have recovered, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.

by Joanna Rose Aglibot, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 Oct 2020 SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES —- The last active case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Masinloc town has recovered from the disease, officials said.

by Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 Oct 2020 CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Philippines — At least 200 patients and staff members of the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City have been infected with the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the local interagency task force said on Saturday.

by Eva Visperas (The Philippine Star), 4 Oct 2020 STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan – This town has recorded an unprecedented single-day surge in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID cases.

Authority of the Freeport of Bataan Administrator Emmanuel Pineda said their 87 locators, which have 20,000 workers, were able to resume their operations. Prior to the pandemic, he said 97 locators with 46,000 workers were operating in their ecozone. @BusinessMirror pic.twitter.com/TyCYVVD6ae — Samuel Medenilla (@sam_medenilla) October 1, 2020

by Nestor Corrales, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy on Wednesday said 22 crew members of the corvette BRP Quezon tested positive for COVID-19 while it was docked at Poro Point in San Fernando City, La Union province.

PH Navy says 23 ship crew of BRP Quezon (PS70) tested + for COVID19. One personnel who has symptoms was brought to the quarantine facility at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. 22 crew who are asymptomatic are at a naval base in Cavite. The 25 crew who tested – are on quarantine aboard PS70 pic.twitter.com/OEdgpTJEwK — Frances…

There are now 81 #COVID19 cases among personnel of EEI Corporation in Bauan, Batangas. The last batch, comprised of 6 employees, has been moved to an isolation facility.1 has died 292 more employees to undergo swab test ?Bauan LGU | via @Dennis_Datu pic.twitter.com/bQArXCHD27 — ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) September 29, 2020

by Chris Panganiban, Edwin Fernandez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Sep 2020 COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao Philippines —Health officials in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have ordered the shutdown of a government hospital in Bongao town, Tawi-­Tawi province, after 72 health-care providers, including eight doctors, contracted the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

by Julie S. Alipala, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 Sep 2020 ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines — The office of the Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority and Freeport (Ecozone) has been on lockdown for almost a week now as its top official and several employees were on self-isolation there.

by Madonna T. Virola, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 Sep 2020 CITY OF CALAPAN — Twenty-one employees of the municipal government of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the local government in a report on Saturday evening.