The approved policy of a shorter isolation and quarantine period for fully vaccinated healthcare workers was based on scientific evidence, the Department of Health and some medical experts said on Tuesday, Jan. 11.
“Unang una, hinding-hindi magpapatupad ang ating gobyerno ng isang polisiya na magpu-put sa risk sa ating mga pasyente at ating healthcare workers. Lahat ng pinapatupad natin ay base sa siyensya at ebidensya ,” said Vergeire.“Hindi naman natin ia-dopt ang mga policies kung sa tingin natin walang basis ,” she said.
Hospitals have the discretion if they will implement this policy or not, said infectious disease expert Dr. Edsel Salvana. “The government would not adopt policies that we think will be harmful. These are all science-based. And these are things that other countries are adopting. We will localize these depending on our own situation, but there are scientific basis for this policy shift. We continue to study not just what’s going on here, but we also look at what other countries are doing and what the experts in other countries are doing,” he added.
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