Over 100 PCG personnel test positive for COVID-19

More than 100 personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard have tested positive for COVID-19.

According to the PCG on Thursday, a total of 133 PCG officers and personnel from the national headquarters contracted the virus. These infected personnel were already in quarantine.

Three offices of the PCG's national headquarters have been placed under temporary lockdown due to the spike of COVID-19 cases. The lockdown is from January 10 to 14.

These include the Office of the Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Comptrollership (CG-6), Coast Guard Public Affairs, and the Coast Guard Finance Service.

The PCG said some of the personnel deployed in the "one-stop shops" set up by the government have been sick with COVID-19.

The agency ensured that they were given medical assistance and that they were immediately replaced with a new set of personnel so that operations will not be disrupted. — Anna Felicia Bajo/RSJ, GMA News