The Manila Times-July 16

On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año created a near-panic among the public with an announcement that “state security forces” would soon be deployed in a house-to-house search for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients with no or mild symptoms who are under home quarantine in order to transfer them to isolation facilities managed by the government. Although there is some rational merit to the idea, the way Año presented it leaves far too many unanswered questions to give us confidence it can be carried out productively and with due respect to citizens’ rights.

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