海外から帰国するフィリピン人に関する隔離措置の緩和が進んでいるようです。
ワクチン接種を完了させていることを条件に、５日間以上の隔離措置をする必要がなくなりました。
新しいプロトコルの中では、具体的な日数が示されていないようですが、セブ州の政府機関は、すぐにでもフィリピン人の外国からの帰国者に関するプロトコルを作ると発言しています。
５日目にPCR検査が陰性であれば、隔離措置から開放され、これは国が定める基準よりも２日間ほど早いものになります。
ワクチン接種が規制緩和の鍵を握りそうです。
CEBU TO SHORTEN QUARANTINE TIME FOR RETURNING OVERSEAS FILIPINOS
Returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) who arrive at the Mactan-Cebu airport may soon be able to spend a quarantine period of not more than five days as long as they are fully vaccinated.
There were no dates for implementing the new protocols, but Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia announced on Tuesday night that she would issue a new memorandum containing the new arrival protocols in the province.
Under the new protocol, returning ROFs, including overseas Filipino workers, will be swabbed upon arrival and later on placed under a quarantine facility or a hotel.
On the fifth day, those who were already fully vaccinated will again be swabbed. If they test negative for COVID-19, they will be released from the quarantine facility.
This will be two days earlier than the protocols issued by the national government’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
Last September 7, Governor Garcia met with top regional officials from the Department of Tourism, Department of Health, Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ), Hotel, Resort, and Restaurant Association of Cebu, and the Overseas Workers Welfare and Administration discussing the new protocols.
The BOQ will conduct a verification process for the documents to be presented by vaccinated individuals upon their arrival at the airport.
ROFs may present their Vaccination Card, Government Certification of Vaccination, or the BOQ-issued International Certification of Vaccination (ICV).
On the other hand, OFWs may present their Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO)-Verified Vaccination Card or Government Certification of Vaccination.