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MRT-3 may cut operations after COVID-19 outbreak among staff
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) will reduce its train operations to 10 to 12 trains per day starting Monday, July 6, due to 127 depot personnel testing positive for COVID-19.
Of the confirmed cases, 124 are personnel of Sumitomo-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the MRT-3's maintenance provider, while three are MRT-3 employees.
DOTr Undersecretary for Railways TJ Batan emphasized that the infected personnel are assigned at the depot and have no interaction with passengers and station staff.
He also stated that, "All of them are depot personnel, and until now there are still no confirmed cases on our staff in the station or those interacting with the passengers."
The mass swab testing was prompted by an increase in cases from 25 on June 22 to 67 on June 30.
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