Robredo prods IATF: Release quarantine policy on fully vaccinated OFWs

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The government’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases must update its quarantine policies on returning overseas Filipino workers so they can spend more time wit

h their families, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, June 20.Speaking on her weekly radio show, she noted that many OFWs only have limited vacation time, so spending a week in quarantine shortens the time they can spend with their families.

The European Union , Robredo cited, already said that fully vaccinated individuals no longer have to quarantine when they arrive in their destination countries. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Friday said that the government will give OFWs the vaccine brand that their country of destination requires despite the limited number of Western-made jabs the Philippines has in its supply. This developed after several countries came up with a list of acceptable vaccine brands.

 

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Essential ba yung quarantine policy sa vaccinated OFWs? Baka Di essential tulad... 🤣

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