Wack Wack on lockdown as guest tests positive for COVID-19

MANILA, Philippines — The Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong is imposing a lockdown starting Wednesday, March 11, after a foreign guest of a member had tested positive for the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, on his return to his home country in Singapore.

In a letter to members issued on Tuesday, Wack Wack president Lawrence Tan said that closing the club “would be an opportunity to disinfect and sanitize the premises, to ensure that our club remains safe for everyone”

The club will be closed until further notice, the letter stated.

According to reports reaching Inquirer Golf, the member had hosted his guest last March 2 and was shocked to learn when he flew back home the next day that he was already COVID 19 positive.

Although the foreign guest did not use the locker room, his member host did and raised the possibility of having infecting personnel and other employees he came in touch with.

The two caddies who served both the member and guest have been asked to go on a quarantine along with two other caddies who had been in the member’s flight when he came back to play again the next day.

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