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DOJ has 45 COVID-19 cases; ‘I’m getting alarmed’ – Guevarra
The Department of Justice (DOJ) main office in Manila has temporarily suspended on-site work due to a surge in COVID-19 cases among its employees, with Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra expressing alarm.
The agency now has 45 active COVID-19 cases, down from a previous report of 52.
Seventeen new cases were reported among personnel of the Witness Protection Program, mostly asymptomatic.
The current lockdown, reimposed on Friday, may be extended beyond March 23.
Employees are working from home, with a skeleton staff remaining for essential frontline services.
Since March 2020, there have been a total of 61 COVID-19 infections at the DOJ, with one death not related to COVID-19.
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