MANILA, Philippines — The government’s COVID-19 task force will discuss the possibility of waiving the RT-PCR or swab test requirement for fully vaccinated tourists, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Monday.
“May IATF [Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases] meeting kami this afternoon. Ang pinag-uusapan kung paano let’s say, kung fully vaccinated naman, baka hindi na kailangan mag RT-PCR pero yun ay pinaguusapan,” Romulo-Puyat said in a televised briefing.
(We have an IATF meeting this afternoon. We will discusss whether or not allowing fully vaccinated persons to forgo the RT-PCR requirement is possible….
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