American Idol David Cook and runner-up David Archuleta had to submit to swine blue checks by government doctors after they landed in the Philippines for a concern, The Vancouver Sun reports.
Cook and Archuleta immediately contacted their lawyers when quarantine officials arrived at their hotel rooms late Wednesday, a day after their arrival, the Sun detailed.
"The officials were enforcing health regulations aimed at keeping the Southeast Asian nation of 90 million people free of the A(H1N1) virus, said Edgardo Sabitsana, director of the quarantine bureau," reported the Sun. "Sabitsana told reporters it took almost three hours to persuade the celebrities to meet the quarantine officials and that during that time the two Americans contacted their lawyers.
"He said the officials stressed to the two artists that the government could hold, arrest or detain people or even ban the planned concert over concerns about swine flu," continued the Sun. "The officials are scheduled to visit Cook and Archuleta again on Thursday, and their managers also pledged to have both checked for flu symptoms at least twice a day, Sabitsana said."
Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque said that by Thursday, there were no confirmed cases of the virus there. But he added that at public gatherings guidlines from the health department needed to be followed, and "this is now being applied to David Cook and David Archuleta." Sphere: Related Content
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