The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Sunday 7,228 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the South-East Asian country to 1,269,478.
SunStar DOH sticks to quarantine, testing protocols of IATF
HOME SAFELY. In this file photo, repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were stranded in Manila for weeks arrived in Cebu via the Mactan Cebu International Airport on May 26, 2020. (Contributed photo)
+ June 04, 2021 THE Department of Health (DOH) will continue to push for the enforcement nationwide of the international arrival protocols set by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in relation to the coronavirus pandemic.
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a media briefing Friday, June 4, 2021, that they were still finalizing their memorandum for President Rodrigo Duterte, which will contain their recommendations supported by evidence following a critique of Cebu Province’s quarantine and testing protocols for returning overseas Filipinos (ROF) and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).