Duterte orders LGUs to use idle hotels as COVID-19 quarantine facilities

President Rodrigo Duterte has asked local government units (LGUs) to use idle hotels as quarantine facilities for COVID-19 patients.

Duterte cited the scarcity of space in current quarantine centers and encouraged LGUs to identify vacant hotels or inns that can accommodate asymptomatic patients.

The President assured hotel owners that the government would pay them for their services.

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