FULLY vaccinated individuals will now enjoy a more relaxed quarantine and movement restrictions.

In an online briefing on Sunday, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) decided, through its resolution 124-B, to allow fully vaccinated senior citizens for interzonal movement in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ (MGCQ).

Fully vaccinated individuals are those who already had 2 weeks after having received the second dose in a 2-dose vaccine; or more than or equal to 2 weeks after having received a single-dose vaccine.

"This, however, is subject to the presentation of a Covid-19 domestic vaccination card duly issued by a legitimate vaccinating establishment, or certificate of quarantine completion showing the holder's vaccination status as may be issued by the Bureau of Quarantine," Roque said.

Likewise, he said the IATF also allowed fully vaccinated individuals who had close contract with probable confirmed Covid-19 cases to undergo a shortened seven-day quarantine instead of the usual 10-day period.

This will only be applicable if the individual remains asymptomatic for the duration of the seven-day period with the first day being the date immediately after the last exposure.

If the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Test needs to be performed, it may be done not earlier than the fifth day after the date of the last exposure.

In case the individual will be traced beyond the seventh day following exposure and remains asymptomatic, he or she will no longer undergo testing and quarantine.

The IATF issued its resolution 124-B after implementing the shortened quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated inbound travellers.

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