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).