President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the use of the remaining funds under Republic Act 11519 or Bayanihan 2 for the quarantine expenses of balikbayan or returning Filipinos.

"I am ordering now everybody, including the government units, i-hotel nila o anuhan, babayaran ng national government 'yan (I am ordering now everybody, including the government units, quarantine them in a hotel and it will be paid by the national government)," Duterte said in his public address on Monday.

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