GenSan extends quarantine for LSIs, OFWs to 21 days

General Santos City has extended the mandatory quarantine period for returning locally-stranded individuals (LSIs) and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to 21 days to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The previous 14-day quarantine was extended by another seven days as part of the city's enhanced measures against the rising local transmission of the virus.

This decision was made in response to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the city, which recorded five new infections among returning LSIs on Thursday night.

The confirmed cases in the city are now at 21, with 12 recorded in the last three days, all of whom are returning LSIs and OFWs.

Four of the patients have completely recovered.

Dr. Rochelle Oco, head of the City Health Office, stated that the seven-day extension will mainly be added to the home quarantine protocol of all returning residents.