PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is not inclined to ease the quarantine and testing protocols for arriving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that could compromise the health of Filipinos amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covdi-19) pandemic.

In his public address aired over state-run PTV-4 on Wednesday night, Duterte said he was "not comfortable" with relaxing testing and quarantine protocols for returning OFWs, saying he seemed "to side with the doctors".

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