Vice President Leni Robredo finds it bothersome that Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III was not consulted in the Inter-Agency Task Force's (IATF) recent decision to waive the quarantine retirement for vaccinated travellers coming from so-called "green" countries. Vice...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque says the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) will revise its list of "green" countries in connection with the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque presides over...
The government has trimmed down the list of "green" or low coronavirus risk countries, a category that allows their fully vaccinated travelers to undergo shorter quarantine upon arrival in the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte is accompanied by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Bases...
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...
The government has revised the list of more than 50 "green" countries or those with low risk of coronavirus amid moves to screen vaccinated travelers arriving in the Philippines. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
The United States is not among the 57 countries and jurisdictions identified by the Philippines as "green" nations due to its high cases of coronavirus. An overseas Filipino worker get his first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site located at the Manila Prince Hotel on July...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that fully vaccinated passengers from 57 countries considered as low risk by health authorities are entitled to a shorter quarantine period of seven days upon their arrival in the Philippines. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA...
The government has released a list of more than 50 countries and territories identified as “green” or with low coronavirus risk amid efforts to screen the entry of vaccinated travelers into the Philippines. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP) The list of the “green” places was released...
Starting July 1, travelers vaccinated abroad who stayed in "green" or low coronavirus risk countries will be required to undergo shorter quarantine protocols upon arrival in the country. A resident of Parañaque City gets vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) The...