(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) The Philippine capital Metro Manila still maintains general community isolation during Christmas and New Year
China News Agency, Manila, December 21 (Reporter Guan Xiangdong) On December 21, local time, Philippine Presidential Spokesperson Harry Rock refuted that the Philippine capital Metro Manila will implement stricter regulations from December 23 to January 3 next year. Rumors of quarantine policy.
Locke stated that in accordance with the quarantine policy announced by President Duterte on November 30, Metro Manila, Batangas, Lanao del Sur, as well as Iloilo City, Tacloban City, Iligan City and Davao City, until December 31, continue to implement the "General Community Quarantine" epidemic prevention policy (GCQ).
All other parts of the country will continue to implement the most liberal Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ).
Locke expects President Duterte to announce the next round of quarantine classification in early January 2021.
Data map: On August 23, in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, citizens were wearing masks and face shields.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Guan Xiangdong
Rock is also the spokesperson of the Philippine Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). He said that a new variant of the new coronavirus has been discovered in the UK, which is 70% more infectious than previously known viruses. , More and more countries have begun to impose travel bans on the UK, and IATF-EID will also discuss how to prevent the introduction of new coronavirus variants from the UK to the Philippines.
Since the Philippines imposed a travel ban on travelers from countries where the new crown epidemic has spread on March 15th, only Filipino citizens and their foreign spouses and diplomats from other countries have been allowed to enter the country.
At present, in accordance with the Philippine epidemic prevention regulations, passengers must be tested for the new coronavirus after arriving in the country.
While waiting for the inspection result, passengers must stay in the quarantine agency or quarantine hotel designated by the government.
In the meantime, the accommodation fees of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be borne by the government, and the accommodation fees of other non-overseas Filipino workers will be paid by themselves.
Passengers who test positive will be transferred to designated hospitals for treatment, while those who test negative will be allowed to leave and stay in isolation at home or a designated monitoring agency for 14 days.
According to data from the Philippine Ministry of Health, on December 21, there were 1721 new confirmed cases in the country, a total of 461,505 confirmed cases, 8,957 deaths, and 429,207 recovered cases.
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