MANILA, Philippines — The national government has reduced the quarantine period for fully vaccinated individuals who were close contacts of COVID-19 positive patients from ten to seven days.
“In situations when fully vaccinated individuals are close contacts of probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases, they may undergo a shortened 7-day quarantine period only if they remain asymptomatic for the duration of the 7-day period,” said presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in a statement on Sunday.
“In case there is a need for RT-PCR testing, this may be done not earlier than the 5th day after the date of the last exposure,” he added.
Roque also said that there is no more testing and q…
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