In observance of the Holy Week, the Philippine News Agency’s online news service will be off on March 29, Good Friday, and March 30, Black Saturday. Normal operations will resume on March 31, Easter Sunday.

— The Editors

DFA Aseana branch to open July 8 after disinfection

By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora

July 7, 2020, 1:14 pm

<p>DFA Undersecretary Brigido Dulay. <em>(Screengrab from Laging Handa briefing)</em></p>

DFA Undersecretary Brigido Dulay. (Screengrab from Laging Handa briefing)

MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) consular office in Aseana will resume operations on Wednesday (July 8), following the disinfection of its premises.

"'Yong (DFA) Alabang ay bukas na po. Iyon naman pong Aseana ay (bukas na magbubukas) (Our office in Alabang is already open, the one in Aseana will open tomorrow)," DFA Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said in a Laging Handa briefing on Tuesday.

On Sunday, the DFA announced the temporary closure of its consular offices in Aseana, Parañaque, and Metro Alabang Town Center after some of its staff tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

The DFA office in Metro Alabang Town Center reopened on Monday.

Aside from continuous disinfection, Dulay noted that contact tracing in both offices was conducted and that those who had close contact with the infected were quarantined. (PNA)

Comments