The government plans to convert six hotels into mega quarantine centers to cope with the surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, according to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. She said the National Task Force (NTF) Covid-19 was planning to expand the country’s quarantine facilities for mild and asymptomatic cases. “Last Saturday, there was a report from Secretary Dizon na nakakuha na s’ya ng anim na hotels doon na pwede pa nating idagdag for these quarantine facilities (that he found six hotels to be used as quarantine facilities),” Vergeire told reporters in a media briefing on Monday. She added that the government would open more quarantine facilities built by the Department of Public Works and Highways. Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DoH) maintained that returning workers did not need to undergo rapid testing.

Source: Manila Times July 20, 2020 16:52 UTC