Sotto appealed to the government to lift mandatory 14-day quarantine for fully-vaccinated travelers entering the Philippines.
On Thursday, Senate President Vicente Sotto III appealed to the government to lift mandatory 14-day quarantine for fully-vaccinated travelers entering the Philippines.
In a message to reporters, Sotto called on the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) and the Department of Health (DOH) to lift the 14-day quarantine on fully-vaccinated persons entering the Philippines as long as health standards were followed.
“Calling on IATF/DOH to remove the 14-day quarantine on fully-vaccinated persons entering the Philippines as long as health standards are followed. Why do fully vaccinated people have to still do the two-week quarantine when traveling to the Philippines? it doesn’t make sense!” Sotto said.
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According to Sotto, the mandatory 14-day quarantine discouraged investors who were interested to do business in the Philippines.
Under the IATF Resolution No. 114 issued last May 6, 2021, all travelers entering the Philippines must undergo 14-day quarantine upon arrival. The first 10 days of quarantine must be observed in a quarantine facility, regardless of their negative COVID-19 test result.
Meanwhile, the remaining days of quarantine must be completed under home quarantine in their respective local government units of destination.
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Yes it doesnt make sense!..like us here in Australia fully vaccinated when go home to the Phils on a one month holidays our time and days consumed on quarantine?it means vaccine is useless?..Senator Sotto is correct it should be lifted.