MANILA – (UPDATE) Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno said Thursday he was going on self quarantine while work at the central bank's headquarters and security plant complex was suspended for 2 days to give way to cleaning.

Diokno told ABS-CBN News he was going on quarantine "to be on the safe side," adding, "But I'm well, perfectly well."

He did not immediately reply to questions on how his self-quarantine will affect a Monetary Board meeting scheduled on March 19.

Work at the BSP head office and security plan was suspended for 2 days from Thursday "to facilitate disinfection of BSP premises as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19," the monetary authority said in an advisory.

Normal open market, Philpass settlement operations and servicing of cash withdrawals by banks at the SPC will however continue, the BSP said.

Diokno on Thursday announced he would go on a self-quarantine after attending an event with a confirmed coronavirus case last week. President Rodrigo Duterte and long-time aide Sen. Christopher Bong Go, meanwhile, will undergo testing for COVID-19.

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