DFA to maintain reduced workforce “until further notice” amid “significant surge” in COVID-19 cases

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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs will maintain a reduced workforce “until further notice.” The DFA said in a statement on Wednesday, March 31, that this was after 88 of its personnel–mostly frontline personnel–tested positive for COVID-19 for the month of March, the highest number of COVID-19 cases reported by the department since the start of the pandemic. The department said the “significant surge” in COVID-19 cases among its personnel was “consistent with […]