Duterte says that more than facing a shortage of healthcare workers in the country, he is worried that they might expose themselves to the coronavirus when they migrate to other countries
President Rodrigo Duterte said he wants Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to urgently look into the legality of barring Filipino healthcare workers from leaving the country due to the threat of COVID-19 to those in the medical field.
“It has to be this week. Maybe two days from now. We’ll have to meet again and consult legal, si Secretary Guevarra, whether or not it would be legal for us to just stop the migration of health workers,” he added. [Translation: If I send you to the warfront, I will feel bad exposing you to the enemy, which is COVID.]
The Philippines in April temporarily banned doctors, nurses, microbiologists, and other health workers from leaving to work abroad as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. The controversial deployment ban was later lifted, allowing healthcare professionals with existing overseas employment contracts as of March 8 to leave the country to work abroad.
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