DOLE in charge of validating vaccine cards of returning OFWs

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday announced that the agency is now in charge of validating vaccination cards of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW).

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said OFWs should submit their vaccination cards and other documents through Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO), DOLE’s overseas operating arm, for them to be qualified on the shorter quarantine period granted to fully-inoculated OFWs, granted they are from “green countries.”

“OFWs fully vaccinated in countries or jurisdictions outside the Philippines must carry their official documentation of complete vaccination or their International Certificate of Va…

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