FIVE Bulacan courts were placed under a 14-day lockdown after several employees were infected with Covid-19 as 45 employees of the Bulacan First District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) also tested positive for the virus.

A memorandum was released by Second Vice Executive Judge Corazon Domingo-Rañola of the Bulacan Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Malolos City, with the consent of Deputy Court Administrator for Luzon/OIC Court Administrator Raul Villanueva, ordering the closure of RTC Branches 6, 11, 14, 103 and 104 from January 10 to 22 after some employees tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday and Saturday.