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Caligo Mayor Francisco Calvo (Calinog Facebook Page / MANILA BULLETIN)
Mayor Francisco Calvo of Calinog issued an order temporarily halting work by Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. on the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project-Stage II (JRMP-II) undertaken by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).
Calinog Municipal Administrator Rachel Manero said in a phone interview that the municipal government halted work for 14 days e after health officials learned that the 27 infected workers have at least 400 close contacts.
“If these contacts can be traced and tested sooner, then it might be lifted sooner,” Manero added.
Of the 27 infected workers of Daewoo, 14 are Filipino workers and the remaining 13 are South Koreans.