DOJ lifts lockdown at Manila offices

Secretary Menardo Guevarra has lifted the lockdown of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) main offices in Manila more than a week after five employees tested positive for COVID-19. 

Guevarra said he will follow Undersecretary Lean Sunga's recommendation for the lifting of the lockdown. The case total at the DOJ now stands at six — five department employees and one guard. 

Sunga reported to Guevarra that they sanitized and disinfected all the rooms in the closed buildings from June 18 to 27. 

Guevarra earlier said on-site work will resume upon the lifting of the lockdown on Monday. 

He had said much of the department's work will continue to be done at home during the lockdown period. 

Philippine health authorities have recorded 35,455 COVID-19 cases in the country as of Sunday. Of this number, 9,686 patients have recovered and 1,244 have died. —KG, GMA News