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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.

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.

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.

Better keep your coronavirus vaccination cards safe since you might need the document in your next trip abroad.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.