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SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union — The Department of Public Works and Highways in region 1 has advised the commuters to take precautionary measures while traversing affected national roads and bridges in the region, particularly in Ilocos Sur, La Union and in Pangasinan.

Arriving foreign tourists are required to present a travel and health insurance policy for Covid-19 with a minimum coverage of $35,000.

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion has made an aggressive pitch for the government to return to “pre-Omicron” protocols, especially when it comes to arriving international travelers.

The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) exhorted the government on Friday, July 9, to provide a unified database of vaccinated individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which will allow local government units (LGUs) to easily verify incoming tourists in their respective areas.

The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) is pushing for the placement of a security mark on the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination cards as part of the measures to prevent them from being faked.

The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) has expressed reluctance in permitting fully-vaccinated individuals to freely travel across the country.

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.

As some countries plan to reopen borders to fully vaccinated travelers, the government is hoping the brand of the coronavirus vaccine would not matter in global travel.

The government is preparing for the entry of international travelers fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to the Philippines.

At least 25 countries across the globe have wholly or partially lifted restrictions on travelers who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said.

The government has further tightened the country’s border restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus by adding two more countries to the travel ban list.

The government has revised its testing and quarantine protocols for all incoming travelers in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country.

The Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, May 5, that it would recommend that incoming travelers will be tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) seven or eight days after their arrival in the country.