ICYMI: In response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in China, the Department of Health announced that it would tighten its quarantine standards for visitors arriving from that country.
“To strengthen its existing measures, the DOH directed the Bureau of Quarantine to intensify quarantine protocols such as heightened surveillance on all respiratory symptoms in all travelers and conveyances coming from China,” the DOH said in a statement.The DOH also announced that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases would review the standards for border control for Chinese visitors to the nation and make recommendations to the President.
On Thursday, Health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said no need to restrict travel to or from China.
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