At least 22 nurses of the Makati Medical Center (MMC) are now under home quarantine after they have been reported to be exposed to the COVID-19 virus. This was said in an interview by ABS-CBN with MMC director Dr. Saturnino Javier.
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In the interview, Dr. Javier mentioned that some of the health workers have been cleared for work already. He says that “If you don’t develop symptoms between 5-7 days, and your level of exposure is low to moderate you may be cleared to go back to work but you will still be wearing a mask.”
He also said that they have initially wanted the health workers to quarantine for 14 days, but the cannot strictly implement it since they will run out of personnel.
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Dr. Javier clarifies that currently, they still have enough workers to attend to COVID-19 patients. However, he states that the hospital has already declared full capacity in regard to admitting COVID-19 cases.
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