Tag: travel restrictions

Travel restrictions imposed on four more countries as PHL updates “red list”

(Eagle News) — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has updated the country’s “red list” to include four other countries. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said now also considered high-risk for COVID-19 are  Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, and Slovenia. According to Roque, the travel restrictions on those countries will end on Sept. 30. Earlier, the Palace said Azerbaijan, Guadeloupe, Guam, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Saint Lucia, […]

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Palace lifts travel restrictions on 10 countries including India, Indonesia, UAE which had high Delta cases before

Lifting of restrictions to start on Sept 6; IATF also updates countries under “Green List”, approves “red,” “yellow” classification for countries depending on COVID-risk   (Eagle News) –(Eagle News) – Starting Monday, Sept. 6, the current travel restrictions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia because of the Delta variant would be lifted. Malacanang announced this on Saturday, Sept. 4 after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation […]

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Palace extends travel restrictions on 10 countries until Aug. 31; updates list of green countries

    (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation to extend the travel restrictions in 10 countries with high Delta variant cases, namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia until the end of the month. The travel restrictions were supposed to end on Aug. 15, but the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) decided to extend the current travel restrictions from Aug. 16 to Aug. 31 to […]

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LGUs concerned on relaxing travel curbs; RT-PCR tests needed even for the fully vaccinated – Velasco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0b0tIFWEmw   (Eagle News) – Local governments in various provinces have expressed their apprehension on possible increase in COVID-19 cases if fully vaccinated individuals would be allowed to travel within the country without requiring them to undergo first COVID-19 testing. This was relayed by Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr., who also serves as the national president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines and national chairman of the Union of Local Authorities of the […]

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Immigration bureau: Foreign parents of Filipinos need visa, entry exemption document to be allowed to enter PHL

(Eagle News) — Foreign parents of Filipinos need to secure a visa and an entry exemption document to be allowed to enter the Philippines. Bureau of Immigration chief Jaime Morente made the clarification, noting that foreign parents of Filipino citizens are not covered by the Balikbayan privilege. Morente said these foreign nationals may apply for an entry visa from the Philippine posts abroad and secure the entry exemption document from the Department of Foreign Affairs […]

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Panama bars entry of travelers from India due to Covid-19 surge

https://youtu.be/F0d-KXh0_Jc   (Eagle News) — Beginning May 3, Panama will restrict the entry of  travelers from India due to the surge of cases of Covid-19 in the Asian country. The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India is devastating the second most populous country in the world, with 1.35 billion inhabitants and adding more than 300,000 new infections every day. The Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, reported that the entry restrictions measures for […]

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Palace: Foreigners with entry exemption documents issued by DFA before March 22 allowed entry into PHL

(Eagle News) — More foreigners are now allowed entry into the Philippines. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approved the entry of foreigners with valid entry exemption documents issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs before March 22. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the approval is contained in the task force’s April 15 Resolution No. 110. Prior to the IATF resolution, only the following foreign nationals […]

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Canada’s Trudeau announces new international travel restrictions

Canadians wanting a trip to a sunny destination in the Caribbean or Mexico are out of luck. New travel restrictions have been announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As of today, Trudeau says flights to those destinations are no longer available. Watch the details in this Eagle News International report prepared by Eagle News Service’s North America bureaus. (Eagle News Service)

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Palace: Travel restrictions on over 30 countries to lapse after Jan. 31 so far

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has so far not extended travel restrictions imposed on over 30 countries following reports of the United Kingdom and South African virus variants there. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said “the restriction remains until January 31, 2021 and would lapse after the aforesaid date.” He did not  rule out outright an extension of the effectivity of travel restrictions, however. Covered by the restrictions are the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, […]

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Czech Republic added to list of countries subject to travel restrictions

(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has added the Czech Republic to its list of countries covered by travel restrictions. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said foreign passengers coming from the European country within 14 days preceding arrival in the Philippines will not be allowed entry from January 28, starting 12:01 a.m., to January 31. Foreign passengers and Filipinos who have been to the Czech Republic within 14 days preceding arrival in the […]

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PHL adds six countries to list of areas with travel restrictions over new COVID-19 variant

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has added six countries to its list of countries subject to travel restrictions following reports of the more infectious COVID-19 variant there. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said foreign travelers coming from or who have been to Portugal, India, Finland, Norway, Jordan, and Brazil within 14 days preceding arrival in the Philippines will be refused entry to the Philippines starting 12:01 a.m. of January 8. Foreigners who arrive before January 8 […]

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Palace affirms travel restrictions in 21 countries, including US and UK, with new COVID variant

  (Eagle News) — Malacanang affirmed travel restrictions in 21 countries, including the United States, which have reported the presence of the more infections COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 that was first detected in the United Kingdom. Aside from the UK and the US, other countries included in the list, which the Philippines had imposed a travel restriction on, are the following: Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, […]

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