MANILA, Philippines — Two female tourists in El Nido, Palawan, will instead face formal complaints for presenting fake Covid-19 swab test results to the local government, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said Saturday.
TheDOT, in a statement, said police held the tourists at the Lio Airport on Feb. 16.
Authorities discovered the violation after checking the quick response (QR) code of the clinic that supposedly conducted and issued the test results.
The tourists violated Republic Act 11322 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern …
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