Senator Grace Poe is seeking to expand the coverage of COVID-19 vaccine cards to further ease mobility for fully-vaccinated individuals. An airport employee takes a selfie while receiving a coronavirus vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN)...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday, July 29, advised the government's pandemic task force to carefully study and consider factors before pushing for a law that would prohibit unvaccinated individuals from going out. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA...
Better keep your coronavirus vaccination cards safe since you might need the document in your next trip abroad. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP) The government has already identified three documents that could show proof of vaccination of travelers arriving from "green countries" so they would...
President Duterte said it was about time that the world thought of having internationally recognized vaccination certificates to restart economies that have reeled from the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte delivers his Intervention at the Asia-Pacific...
The Pateros municipal government is issuing tamper-proof vaccination certificates, or cards, to people who have already received their second dose. Mayor Miguel Ponce III held Wednesday a demonstration of the vaccination certificate, which has a QR code that is unique to each vaccinee. Pateros...
Following concerns from experts and local government units (LGUs), the national pandemic task force has allowed LGUs to keep requiring a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result for fully vaccinated travelers but said vaccination cards were still a sufficient...
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said Friday she supports calls for a unified vaccination card that will be used by Filipinos for domestic and international travel. In an interview over DZBB, Rubiano said Pasay City's vaccination records are already being linked with the Department of Information...
The COVID-19 vaccination card of Makati City has unique security features which makes it “tamper-proof, impossible to replicate,” Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay said on Friday (July 9). With the help of technology, the city government of Makati created a vaccination card that has features ideal...
As government officials debate on whether or not to ease travel restrictions for fully-vaccinated individuals, Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, July 8, said local government units (LGUs) should have the necessary and proper systems in place to record those who have been inoculated against the novel...
The decision on whether or not to accept vaccination cards as an alternative entry requirement for fully vaccinated travelers rests with the local government units (LGUs), Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. A medical worker administers a Sinovac jab during the...
Fully vaccinated travelers are now allowed to visit Baguio City even without a negative swab test result, provided that they present a valid vaccination card or certificate as proof that they have already completed their jabs against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). THEY’RE BACK – Tourists...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said that fully vaccinated passengers must present documentary proof of such upon arriving at a Philippine airport. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente stated that fully vaccinated passengers coming from the Philippines must carry their vaccination card, which should be...
