The Social Security Services office in the City of Malolos is closed for disinfection after eight of its employees were exposed to a COVID-19 patient. Photo by Carmela Reyes-Estrope
CITY OF MALOLOS –– The office of the Social Security Services (SSS) here remained closed after eight of its employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Dr. Frederick Villano, assistant city health officer, said the employees were swabbed last month.
Six of them were asymptomatic and were placed on home quarantine, while one was admitted to a government-run isolation facility. The other one was taken to the regional government hospital in Pampanga province.
Sources said the patients were exposed to a virus-stricken senior citizen who went to the SSS office.