State security forces will be going house-to-house in search of COVID-19 patients with no or mild symptoms who are under home quarantine and transfer them to isolation facilities managed by the government, Interior and Local Secretary Eduardo Año said. | @manueltupas

He said police officers and representatives from LGUs will conduct the search as he explained that COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms are no longer allowed to recuperate on their own if their homes do not have a room where they can properly isolate themselves. | @manueltupas

Last Sunday, the effectiveness and safety of home quarantine for mild, asymptomatic cases were put into question after Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said it increases the risk of spreading COVID-19.

Is the gov’t really discouraging home quarantine for mild, asymptomatic cases? Here’s what the IATF and DOH have to say. https://bit.ly/2WgZj9n