Palace: State can isolate COVID-19 patients preferring home quarantine

The government can isolate coronavirus patients with mild or no symptoms, even if they prefer home quarantine.

Home quarantine is only allowed if the patient has a separate room and bathroom and does not share the house with vulnerable individuals such as senior citizens or pregnant women.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario S. Vergeire clarified that while home quarantine is permitted under certain conditions to avoid burdening government facilities, strict monitoring must be in place.

Vergeire stressed that if these conditions cannot be met, patients should go to temporary treatment and monitoring facilities instead.