Health Usec. Maria Rosario Vergeire said a repeat RT-PCR test for workers who completed their 14-day quarantine is no longer needed as long as they have a certificate of completion.
Vergeire said this also applies to employees afflicted with the Covid-19 who recovered and finished their isolation.
In the interim guidelines on return to work issued by the DOH in 2020, a repeat test is not an official requirement for employees to get tested prior to working neither is it expected that employers require their employees to get tested.
The DOH mandates the screening and monitoring of employees to promptly address those showing symptoms..
“As long as they already have their clearance from government or private physicians that they have completed their quarantine period or isolation period, dapat po tinatanggap na natin,” she appealed to employers.
Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated individuals exposed to a Covid-19 positive person are required to undergo a 14-day quarantine.
The quarantine period, meanwhile, for fully vaccinated persons who do not exhibit Covid-19 symptoms has been shortened to seven days.
The IATF approved the revised protocols for close contact with probable, suspect, and confirmed cases of Covid-19. – PNA
