UPDATED @ 11:37 p.m., April 4, 2020MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano favors turning into quarantine facilities for COVID-19 patients places like the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. But he stressed that scientists and other experts would have to first study health protocols and circumstances before approving such a move. ADVERTISEMENTCayetano stressed his favoring the use of available structures as quarantine areas in an email to INQUIRER.net. Earlier, in a virtual press conference, he said that, without medical advice and protocols, facilities not specifically designed for medical use might pose a danger to patients and health workers. Previously, the government said it would turn the Philippine Arena as a mega-quarantine facility for coronavirus disease patients.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 04, 2020 08:41 UTC