MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) will recommend COVID-19 testing for inbound travelers on the seventh or eighth day of their quarantine in the country.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Wednesday that there is evidence that the viral load for COVID-19 patients is still high until the eighth day of infection.
“Now we have true evidence to state that the viral load is still high until the seventh or the eight day that’s why we are revising again our protocol and we will be presenting to IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases) to adopt this kind of implementation,” she said in an interview with ABS-CBN…
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