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HRET offices on lockdown due to possible Covid-19 case
The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) offices in Quezon City were placed on a 14-day lockdown starting Tuesday afternoon, June 23, 2020, due to a possible COVID-19 case.
HRET Chair and Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen ordered the lockdown for disinfection and quarantine of personnel.
The possible infection may have occurred after a staff-wide rapid test was conducted a week prior.
The affected employee worked as a liaison between government offices, and other involved agencies, litigants, and their lawyers have been informed.
Essential staff are instructed to work from home, and the lockdown is scheduled to last until July 8, 2020.
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