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PH trims down list of 'green' countries to 36

Published Aug 13, 2021 09:05 am

The list of "green" or low coronavirus risk countries that allows their vaccinated travelers to face shorter quarantine upon arrival in the Philippines has been further trimmed down as a precaution against the coronavirus spread.

People with face masks and protective gear stand by an exit at Beijing’s Capital international airport on August 10, 2021. (JADE GAO / AFP)

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has identified 36 countries and territories with low risk of coronavirus infection, revising the previous list of 51.

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced that the task force has approved and updated the list of considered “Green” countries/jurisdictions/territories following a meeting Thursday, August 12. This is the second revision made by the government in the past month amid efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country.

The countries removed the green list are Azerbaijan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Gambia, Ghana, Kosovo, Laos, Moldova, North Macedonia, Saba (Special Municipality of the Kingdom of Netherlands), Saint Barthelemy, Singapore, Sint Eustatius, Togo, Dominica, and Marshall islands. Added to the list are Sudan and Cameroon.

The countries included in the revised "green" list are the following:

  1. Albania
  2. American Samoa
  3. Anguilla
  4. Australia
  5. Benin
  6. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  7. Brunei
  8. Burkina Faso
  9. Cameroon
  10. Cayman Islands
  11. Chad
  12. China
  13. Comoros
  14. Cote d’ Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
  15. Djibouti
  16. Equatorial Guinea
  17. Falkland Islands
  18. Gabon
  19. Grenada
  20. Hong Kong
  21. Hungary
  22. Mali
  23. Federated States of Micronesia
  24. Montserrat (British Overseas Territory)
  25. New Caledonia
  26. New Zealand
  27. Niger
  28. Nigeria
  29. Northern Mariana Islands
  30. Palau
  31. Poland
  32. Romania
  33. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  34. Slovakia
  35. Sudan
  36. Taiwan

The task force earlier issued health guidelines for vaccinated travelers who stayed in these “green” countries, including a seven-day quarantine at a facility instead of the usual 10 days, upon arrival in the Philippines.

These "green" countries are those classified by the Department of Health as “low risk” countries/jurisdictions based on disease incidence rate.

Under government rules, these incoming travelers must take a swab coronavirus test on the fifth day of facility-based quarantine. If a passenger tests negative, the individual must complete the seven-day facility-based quarantine. If found positive, the traveler must follow the prescribed isolation protocols.

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