MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2015 - i- AUTHORITIES;...
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Republic of the Philippines Department of Health BUREAU OF QUARANTINE 25th and A.C. Delgado Streets Port Area, Manila 03 June 2015 MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2015 - i- TO: ALL QUARANTINE PERSONNEL AIRPORT AND SEAPORT AUTHORITIES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AT POINTS OF ENTRY, AIRLINES, SHPPING, PORT USERS AND OTHER CONCERNED. SUBJECT: POLICIES AND GUIDELINES GOVERNING HEALTH MEASURES FOR ARRIVING PASSENGERS AND CREW FROM INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS DUE. TO MERS-CoV OUTBREAK IN ARABIAN PENINSULA AND SOUTH KOREA L RATIONALE As mandated by Republic Act No. 9271 and in pursuit to prevent, protect, mitigate the introduction, transmission or spread of public health emergencies of international concern in the country at our airports/seaports of entry, the Department of Health, through the Bureau of Quarantine, is tasked to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations on health screening measure on arriving passengers and crew. II. PURPOSE AND SCOPE As mandated by Section 53.1, Part XI of Administrative Order No. 186, series of 2004, otherwise known as the Implementing Rules and Regulations of R. A.9271, this Circular defines the policies and prescribes the guidelines for effective and efficient health screening measures of arriving passengers and crew to prevent, protect, control, and mitigate the transmission or spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV).
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Republic o f the Philippines Department o f Health
BUREAU OF QUARANTINE 25th and A.C. Delgado Streets
Port Area, Manila
03 June 2015
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2015 - i-TO: ALL QUARANTINE PERSONNEL AIRPORT AND SEAPORT
AUTHORITIES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AT POINTS OF ENTRY, AIRLINES, SHPPING, PORT USERS AND OTHER CONCERNED.
SUBJECT: POLICIES AND GUIDELINES GOVERNING HEALTH MEASURES FORARRIVING PASSENGERS AND CREW FROM INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS DUE. TO MERS-CoV OUTBREAK IN ARABIAN PENINSULA AND SOUTH KOREA
L RATIONALE
As mandated by Republic Act No. 9271 and in pursuit to prevent, protect, mitigate the introduction, transmission or spread of public health emergencies of international concern in the country at our airports/seaports of entry, the Department of Health, through the Bureau of Quarantine, is tasked to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations on health screening measure on arriving passengers and crew.
II. PURPOSE AND SCOPE
As mandated by Section 53.1, Part XI of Administrative Order No. 186, series of 2004, otherwise known as the Implementing Rules and Regulations of R. A.9271, this Circular defines the policies and prescribes the guidelines for effective and efficient health screening measures of arriving passengers and crew to prevent, protect, control, and mitigate the transmission or spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV).
