Iloilo power plant site locked down; 19 workers get COVID-19

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ILOILO CITY—The plant site of a 135-megawatt coal-fired power plant in a town in Iloilo has been locked down after 19 workers, 18 of them Chinese nationals, tested positive for the coronavirus

The compound of Palm Concepcion Power Corp. in Concepcion town, around 98.4 kilometers from Iloilo City, would be closed from June 25 to July 8, according to a company statement.

All personnel essential for the continued operation of the plant underwent COVID-19 swab test and would not be allowed to go out of the plant’s control room and would be provided with food and other needs, it said. Concepcion Mayor Raul Banias, in a text message, said the 18 Chinese nationals and a Filipino working at the plant were mostly asymptomatic, with a few showing mild symptoms.

 

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