MANILA, Philippines — Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on Wednesday clarified that requiring COVID-19 tests — either through Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) or saliva test — to domestic tourists should be upon the discretion of local government units (LGUs).
“I think the question of [the removal of] RT-PCR should be given to the LGU and not to the Department of Tourism (DOT),” said Puyat in a press conference.
“Kami sa Department of Tourism, ang lagi lang namin inii-stress is the implementation of wearingmask and face shield, physical distancing, and washing of the hands,” she added.
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