The Philippine government will ban the home quarantine of people who have COVID-19, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. READ:
, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday, September 8.on CNN Philippines, Año said the government plans to"strictly implement" a"no home quarantine" policy"within the week," in an attempt to contain the virus.rich and poor ," said Año, who is also a member of the government coronavirus task force.
He said there will be exceptions but the plans have yet to be finalized. He gave a hypothetical example wherein an elderly woman, who might be difficult to take care of in an isolation facility, could be exempted from the ban.
Año said that"the well-to-do" should not have any problems with the new policy as the government has made hotels available as isolation facilities. The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases must pass a resolution on the ban that has been approved by President Rodrigo Duterte, before it can be implemented.
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