Cebu Defends Protocols As It Shortens Quarantine Period
CEBU SHORTENS QUARANTINE – A local health officer told the provincial government that on Wednesday it would be more expensive to test COVID-19 travelers.
According to an official, retaining travelers in hotels for 10 days would become more expensive. As such, local officials met with the Inter Agency Task Force against COVID-19 on Tuesday.
They recommended that passengers stay for 2 to 3 days in isolation while continuing the remaining quarantine period at home. Nevertheless, the national government requires travelers from abroad to stay at quarantine facilities for 10 days.
Due to this, a compromise was made for an in home quarantine for 4 days. Afterward individuals who were isolated were to be screened for COVID-19 on the 7th day after arrival.
During an interview with ABS-CBN, Dr. Mercedes Cañal, head of the epidemiology and surveillance unit of the health department in Central Visayas said:
Mas expensive po ata ‘yung ide-detain natin sila for more than 10 days considering itong ROFs, sila po ang nagbabayad…
We’d like to entrust ROFs and OFWs na responsibility niyo ‘to na ‘wag kayong lalabas regardless na na-discharge ka na from the hotel and you went back to your respective LGUs. Hindi naman lahat ng bahay ng ROFs nakakapasa po as a quarantine facility, they have to be in their TTMF (temporary treatment medical facility).
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