PSC ON 10-DAY LOCKDOWN

THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will be on a 10-work day lockdown starting Tuesday after personnel tested positive of Covid-19. The entire Rizal Memorial Sports Complex which houses the PSC Administration Building in Manila and the Philsports Complex in Pasig City will undergo thorough disinfection and cleansing.

PSC Executive Director Atty. Guillermo Iroy Jr. tasked the agency’s management committee to ensure that health and safety protocols are revisited and fortified.

The PSC’S operations will shift to work-fromhome arrangements.

“We hope to break the transmission during those days, to arrest the spread of Covid-19 among our employees,” PSC Chief of Staff Marc Velasco said.

“We are still waiting for some test results and we are hoping that they do not turn out positive, said Velasco.

Still unaccounted for are results from tests done on 41 PSC personnel.

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea approved the lockdown pursuant to Memorandum Circular 85 issued March 19 that requires government agencies to seek approval from Malacañang before any lockdown is enforced.