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'Baka itago sintomas': Grupo may agam-agam sa 'No Home Quarantine' policy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 08:31 PM

Posibleng itago na lang ng mga hinihinalang may coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ang tunay nilang nararamdaman at hindi na magpa-test dahil sa bawal na ang home quarantine, ayon sa miyembro ng isang grupo ng healthcare professionals. Read more »

DOH admits mandatory facility-based isolation may cause people to lie, but insists on benefits

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 07:20 PM

(UPDATE) The Department of Health on Wednesday said it does not discount the possibility of people lying about symptoms of or refusing to be tested for COVID-19 because of the government’s policy to send even mild and asymptomatic virus patients to facilities for isolation. Read more »

Groups worry over mandatory isolation in facilities, warn of patients refusing testing

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 06:13 PM

MANILA — In order to prevent "unintended consequences," various groups on Tuesday asked the government to reconsider its decision requiring people to undergo isolation in quarantine and treatment facilities, and not in their homes. Read more »

Home quarantine bawal na sa COVID-19 patients na asymptomatic, may mild symptoms

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 08:27 PM

Bawal nang mag-home quarantine ang COVID-19 patients na asymptomatic o may mild na sintomas ng sakit.  Read more »

Panukalang pagbawalan ang home quarantine sa Batangas pinaplantsa na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 12:11 PM

Inihahanda na ng lokal na pamahalaan ang isang ordinansa para pagbawalan ang home quarantine sa Batangas, ayon sa isang opisyal ng probinsiya. Read more »

Galvez urges Batangas to send self-isolating COVID patients to quarantine facilities

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 10:00 PM

MANILA - The chief implementer of the country's pandemic response strategy on Wednesday expressed alarm over data showing that more than 77 percent of COVID-19 positive individuals in Batangas are quarantined at home. Read more »

This ace photojournalist calls on everyone to keep documenting their life in the COVID era

BARBARA MAE NAREDO DACANAY 
Updated as of Sep 24 07:50 AM

Edwin Tuyay shot his family and immediate community during the world’s longest lockdown. The results are portraits of resilience and resistance, he says, to death and nothingness Read more »

Pasay barangay officials kinasuhan sa quarantine violations, anomalya sa SAP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 07:49 PM

Kinasuhan ang lahat ng opisyal ng isang barangay sa Pasay City nang magka-isyu sa pamimigay ng social amelioration program. Read more »

More than 25,000 suspected COVID-19 cases successfully isolated: Galvez

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 12:12 AM

More than 25,000 people suspected of having COVID-19 have been successfully isolated, preventing them from further spreading the disease, a government official said Monday.   Read more »

Ex DOH chief Dayrit: Ban on home quarantine could lead to more COVID-19 cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 08:16 PM

Former health secretary Manuel Dayrit on Friday said the government's proposal to ban home quarantines could backfire in the government's efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Read more »

New home quarantine protocol for COVID-19 to be finalized by gov’t next week

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 02:56 PM

This developed as national officials said home quarantine has contributed to the spread of COVID-19 in communities.   Read more »

Home quarantine nagpapalala ng community transmission: Galvez

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 08:03 PM

Hindi umano nakakabuti ang pagpapatupad ng home quarantine sa pagkontrol ng pagkalat ng virus.  Read more »

Año urges virus patients to stay in medical facilities, prepare psychologically

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 05:33 PM

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who recently recovered from his second infection with COVID-19, said Wednesday coronavirus patients must be mentally prepared in fighting COVID-19 and urged them to stay in isolation facilities or hospitals for immediate medical care. Read more »

Home quarantine protocol stays until PH is in 'ideal conditions'

Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 09 12:42 PM

MANILA - Home quarantine for asymptomatic coronavirus patients or mild cases will still be allowed, an official of the national COVID-19 task force said on Tuesday, amid reports that government officials may prohibit self-isolation amid to the continuous rise in infections in the Philippines. Read more »

Sa isolation facility na: Home quarantine para sa asymptomatic COVID-19 cases planong itigil

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 08:39 PM

MAYNILA - Plano ng pandemic task force ng bansa na itigil ang home quarantine para sa mga pasyenteng may COVID-19 na walang sintomas at agad silang ilipat sa mga quarantine facility para mabawasan ang hawahan sa gitna ng pandemya. Read more »

On Palace comments: DOH cites 'decentralized system' in confusion on quarantine guidelines

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 03:56 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday said it has been discussing quarantine guidelines with local government units since April so there should not have been any confusion with their home quarantine requirements. Read more »

Palace: Unclear DOH rules on home quarantine pushed COVID-19 cases up

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 04:29 PM

The health department "should have been clearer" with guidelines for the home quarantine of coronavirus patients because this contributed to the spread of the respiratory disease, Malacañang said Thursday.    Read more »

Gov't taps more hotels for COVID-19 quarantine, says testing czar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 02:29 PM

The government has tapped more hotels in Metro Manila as isolation facilities for patients with no to mild symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease, an official said Thursday, as authorities clamped down on home quarantine measures.  Read more »

Home quarantine para sa mild at asymptomatic cases ng COVID-19, mas hihigpitan na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 07:49 PM

Kung hindi akma sa home quarantine ang bahay, dadalhin ang pasyente sa isolation facility ng pamahalaan.    Read more »

'No warrant, no entry': Drilon hits house-to-house searches for COVID-19 cases

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 11:22 AM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon criticized Wednesday the government's decision to force some home-quarantined Filipinos to transfer to government isolation wards, saying it is "set to flagrantly violate" people's rights. Read more »