MANILA, Philippines —Cebu could not be exempted from the implementation of national quarantine protocols and COVID-19 testing, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday in his taped weekly briefing.
The province has been insisting on implementing its own rules, which are contrary to the guidelines set by the COVID-19 task force.
“The pandemic is a national emergency. Whatever is recommended and approved by me remains to be obeyed. I cannot make an exception for Cebu,” Duterte said.
“If the task force says you really have to go into a quarantine for 10 days, for as long as that is not changed, we can’t do anything about it,” he added, speaking partly in Filipino.
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