Travelers from countries with reported cases of the new COVID-19 variant that emerged in the United Kingdom (UK) must undergo a 14-day quarantine in state-run facilities in Clark, Pampanga, a Palace spokesman said Sunday.In an interview on Dobol B sa News TV, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said this recommendation was among those approved by President Rodrigo Duterte during his meeting on Saturday with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF).Roque said the 14-day quarantine would be mandatory, regardless of the results of their COVID-19 tests.The countries which have reported the UK variant of the coronavirus include Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Singapore and France.Earlier, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said one of the 79 passengers that arrived in the Philippines from the UK tested positive for COVID-19, but it was not yet known if this was the new strain.On Sunday, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the Philippines would not yet ban travel from other countries with the new COVID-19 strain found in the UK unless there’s community transmission there.Beginning Dec. 24, Manila already suspended flights coming from the UK. The ban was supposed to end on Dec. 31, but the government extended it for another two w