MANILA, Philippines — Department of Health (DOH) experts said on Wednesday that returning overseas Filipinos could be quarantined for only 10 days as long as they are asymptomatic all the way through.
This was their response to the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) request for returning old policies where returning Filipinos are tested for COVID-19 as soon as they get to the airport rather than on the fifth day.
“We can shorten the duration of quarantine from 14 days if there are no symptoms to the end of 10 days, basta walang (as long as there are no) symptoms, we can do it 10 days,” infectious disease expert Dr. Edsel Salvaa, a member of the DOH’s technical advisory g…
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