IMEC And ITF Opens Big Quarantine And Testing Facility In Manila

Filipino repatriates checking in for the Scoot TR 1390 flight for Manila last 27 July. Photo - Raul Macapinlac

The International Maritime Employer’s Council (IMEC) and the International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF) have set up quarantine and testing facilities in Manila to facilitate crew changes and address concerns about quarantine quality and fake COVID-19 tests.

The facilities can currently have up to 300 seafarers stay for a 14-day quarantine in two Manila hotels which are open from 28 October. The seafarers will have COVID-19 tests upon arrival and departure, stay in single occupancy rooms...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imec-and-itf-opens-big-quarantine-and-testing-facility-in-manila/

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