DAVAO CITY, Jan 21 (PIA) – The Department of Health XI highlighted the recent policy shift of the government especially on quarantine guidelines due to the recent surge of cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) and some parts of the country. In a DOH virtual presser held Thursday, Dr. Rachel Joy Pasion of the DOH XI informed the updated guidelines on quarantine, isolation, and testing for COVID19 response and case management for the Omicron Variant. “Thru DOH DM 2022-0013, there were some revisions on the protocol as NCR experienced increase in the number of cases, there was a transmission of the virus which is 4.2% faster than the previous variants,” Dr. Pasion said. Said updated guidelines reduced the isolation period for asymptomatic, suspect, probable, or confirmed case with mild symptoms fully vaccinated individuals to at least 7 days from the onset of symptoms; partially vaccinated or unvaccinated persons to at least 10 days; fully vaccinated healthcare workers to quarantine