IATF shortens quarantine period for fully-vaccinated health workers

Health workers attend to patients at the Mandaluyong City Medical Center on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

The STAR / Walter Bollozos

MANILA, Philippines — The national pandemic task force has approved shortened quarantine period for fully vaccinated medical workers as the country sees a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases that is feared to overwhelm the healthcare system.

The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases issued Resolution No. 156 stating that hospital infection prevention and control committees have been allowed to shorten quarantine protocols of five days for fully vaccinated healthcare workers.

The Department of Health also issued an advisory on the amended quarantine and isolation period for health care workers "as contingency measure for sustaining health care capacity."

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