Baguio Council offices closed; 12 get Covid-19

VACCINATION QUEUE. Residents wait for their turn to get their Covid-19 shot at a vaccination site in Baguio City in this undated photo. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said about 70 or 80 percent of the city's eligible population are expected to be vaccinated by yearend. PNA file photo

BAGUIO CITY – All offices of the city councilors, the session hall, and some support offices of the City Council were placed under a four-day lockdown starting Tuesday, after 12 personnel contracted Covid-19.“I ordered a lockdown until Friday to give way to disinfection of the offices,” 

    Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan said Tuesday.Olowan said closed offices have adapted alternative work arrangements for their personnel while some offices have maintained a skeleton workforce to ensure continued operations.

“    Personnel is on a work from home arrangement so they are expected to have an output even if they are not at City Hall,” he said.
    Olowan said the disinfection will last until the weekend and they hope to resume the session of the legislative branch on Sept. 20.
“    But it will depend on the situation. We will see,” he said.
    Olowan, meanwhile, said offices of the councilors that logged Covid-19 infections will remain on lockdown for 14 days while offices without cases will physically open on Sept. 20.
    He said the council has been maintaining a workforce capacity of 30 percent to avoid congestion in offices. -- Liza Agoot/PNA