Tag: house-to-house search

Palace: COVID-19 cases reported to gov’t, not qualified for home quarantine to be transferred to quarantine facilities to prevent COVID-19 spread

No house-to-house provision, Palace says (Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, July 15, said COVID-19 cases that have been reported to the government and are not qualified for home quarantine will be transferred to quarantine facilities so they can complete the 14-day period. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the clarification in a television interview after Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said health officials would lead a “house-to-house search” for the patients–whether asymptomatic or with mild […]

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Año: Cops to only assist in house-to-house search for COVID-19 cases; health officials with list of confirmed cases to lead search

(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, July 15, clarified only health officials would go house-to-house to check for COVID-19 cases who should be transferred to quarantine facilities instead. In a television interview, Año added the health officials led by the City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit will merely be assisted by the police, and already have the results of their contact tracing and  of individuals who need to be transferred. They therefore know exactly where to […]

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