President Rody Duterte warned LGUs to allow entry of OFWs cleared of the latest coronavirus strain or face problems. | GabrielLaluINQ
“But to say that they could not enter even after staying there for already more than 14 days without anything happening to them, then the national government — listen, local executives — will insist that you accept the OFW. You will have a problem if you resist,” he warned, speaking partly in Filipino.
“I’d like to address myself to the local executives. It is your duty to help and protect your constituents. I have no quarrel: You want the contagion stopped right there at the doorstep. Just don’t enter here,” Duterte said. “But you know, Filipinos are citizens of this country, and whether we like it or not they have this constitutional right to travel and to travel abroad and to come home after working there.
Upon arrival, repatriates are submitted to tests by the Bureau of Quarantine, while observing a 14-day quarantine to check for possible COVID-19 symptoms.
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