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PH: Mandatory 14-day quarantine for returning OFWs
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Posted on Apr 23 2020
The Philippine Consulate General in Agana, Guam, informed the public in an advisory Tuesday that all overseas Filipino workers returning to the Philippines—whether sea-based or land-based—will be required to undergo a 14-day facility quarantine upon arrival.
Foreign cruise ships carrying Filipino crew shall be allowed to dock in ports in Manila and to be used as quarantine facility for Filipino crewmembers. Foreign crew members onboard those foreign cruise ships shall be allowed to disembark in Manila for the sole purpose of taking outbound flights to their final destination abroad, provided such foreign crew have already completed the 14-day mandatory quarantine period upon disembarkation.
The consular advisory, as released by the office of Philippine honorary consul to the CNMI Glicerio Arago, stated that the new guidelines are pursuant to Resolution 23, series of 2020, issued on April 13, 2020, by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
All arrangements regarding the mandatory 14-day facility quarantine will be facilitated and implemented by the Sub-Task Group for the Repatriation of OFWs under the National Task Force-Task Group on Response Operations headed by the Department of Transportation. (Saipan Tribune)
