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Nat'l Printing Office suspends work 'til Aug. 14 as 32 personnel contract COVID-19

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Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - Work at the premises of the National Printing Office in Quezon City is suspended until Aug. 14 after 32 of its personnel tested positive for COVID-19, the government printer said Tuesday.</p><p>The work suspension started on Monday to give way to the disinfection of the printing office, NPO director Francisco Vales, Jr. said.</p><p>&quot;The NPO has adopted a work-from-home arrangement during this period, with precautionary measures in line with existing safety policies are continually being implemented within the office,&quot; the NPO said in a statement.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Office work at the National Printing Office is suspended until Aug. 14 after 32 of its personnel tested positive for COVID-19.<br/><br/>NPO Dir. Francisco Vales, Jr. says office work to resume on Aug. 17 <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/qolH9vXxsS">pic.twitter.com/qolH9vXxsS</a></p>— Arianne Merez (@arianne_merez) <a href="https://twitter.com/arianne_merez/status/1290582130628714496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The NPO joins other government offices that have suspended office work due to COVID-19 infections among its personnel such as Radio Television Malacañang, the People&#x27;s Television Network, and the Presidential Communications Operations Office.</p><p>Office work at the NPO will resume on Aug. 17, Vales said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/01/20/ptv-on-limited-programming-starting-aug-3-for-coronavirus-disinfection">PTV on limited programming starting Aug. 3 for coronavirus disinfection</a></li></ul>

<p>The work suspension started on Monday to give way to the disinfection of the Quezon City-based printing office, NPO director Francisco Vales, Jr. said.</p>

The work suspension started on Monday to give way to the disinfection of the Quezon City-based printing office, NPO director Francisco Vales, Jr. said.

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Nat'l Printing Office suspends work 'til Aug. 14 as 32 personnel contract COVID-19

Arianne Merez,

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Published Aug 04, 2020 06:05 PM PHT

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