DOTr: Almost 200 rail line personnel positive in antigen tests for COVID-19

The SCR project is part of the longer 147-kilometer North-South Commuter Railway System which has 35 stations stretching from Calamba in Laguna to the Clark International Airport in Pampanga. Currently, the SCR is in the later stages of the government procurement process, and funding support for the project is already up for consideration by ADB’s Board of Directors in the fourth quarter of this year.

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MANILA, Philippines — Almost 200 personnel from the Metro Rail Transit-Line 3 and the Philippine National Railways train lines tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing antigen testing, the Department of Transportation said. 

In a statement late Tuesday night, the Railways Sector of the Department of Transportation said that all personnel LRT-1, LRT-2, MRT-3, and PNR personnel are required to take an antigen test, with a confirmatory RT-PCR test for those who will test positive.

The DOTr said that the four train lines in Metro Manila have taken steps to ensure that both the riding public and its rail personnel are protected against the coronavirus after the first batch of antigen tests conducted Monday yielded the following results:

• For MRT-3: 696 personnel were antigen tested, out of whom 99 are antigen positive.
• For PNR: 354 personnel were antigen tested, out of whom 91 are antigen positive.

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