COVID-19 test result no longer required of Cebu travelers —gov

Travelers going to the province of Cebu will no longer be required to present their negative RT-PCR or rapid antigen test result effective Friday, October 1, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said.

A memorandum signed by Garcia provides that travelers will instead present a medical certificate certifying that they do not exhibit symptoms of the COVID-19 virus at the point of their origin.

"The medical certificate shall be issued within twenty-four (24) hours immediately before arrival in Cebu," the memorandum read.

Garcia last month placed Cebu under the less strict general community quarantine (GCQ).

She issued the EO after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Monday placed Cebu City and Mandaue City under general community quarantine (GCQ) and maintained the GCQ with heightened restrictions risk classification status of Cebu province.

"Garcia stated that being contiguous in nature with the said cities and adopting the one Cebu policy, it is axiomatic that the Province of Cebu’s risk classification should also be upgraded to a General Community Quarantine status, as well as the 11 local government units previously placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ)," the Cebu provincial government said. —LBG, GMA News