No more home quarantine for COVID-19 positive residents of Cebu City: DILG

MANILA - The government will no longer allow residents of Cebu City who tested positive for COVID-19 to go on home quarantine.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday that those who test positive will be taken to official quarantine facilities to prevent the novel coronavirus from further spreading.

"Pag naka-home quarantine yan, maraming violation yan at hindi talaga yan maipapatupad nang maayos. Dapat talaga i-extract mo ang lahat ng positive, ilagay natin [sa] isolation facility. Año, a member of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Mitigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases, said the the measure will be implemented in coordination with the Cebu City government.

"Nagkaroon sila ng isang priority sana na buksan ang economy pero at the end ay dumami yung movement at dumami rin yung contamination.”

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