US among countries with
travel restrictions to PH
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Jan 5 (PIA) – Foreign passengers coming for the United States (US) or those who have been to the US within the last 14 days immediately preceding their arrival in the Philippines are now banned from entering the country since January 3 until January 15, 2021.
For Filipino citizens coming from the US however, or those who have been to the US in the last 14 days immediately preceding their arrival in the country, even those who arrive after January 3, they are allowed entry but are required to undergo absolute facility-based 14 days quarantine, even if they tested negative by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) assay.
Foreign passengers who came from the US or those who have been to the US within the last 14 days before arriving the Philippines, arriving earlier than 1:00 AM of January 3, are required to undergo absolute facility-based 14 day quarantine, even if they tested negative through an RT PCR test.
The above measures are the latest contained in a Memorandum from the Executive Secretary, relative to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS COV2) variant detected in the United Kingdom, which Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdia signed December 31, 2020.
The memorandum, according to the executive secretary, takes into consideration, the joint recommendation of the Department of Health and the Department of Foreign Affairs and in consultation with other agencies as well as the provisions of the Memorandum of the Executive Secretary issued December 29, 2020.
It may be recalled that last December 29, the Executive Secretary, with the approval of the President, announced the temporary suspension of flights from, banned the entry of passengers from or transiting through the United Kingdom, until January 15.
Other than the UK, foreign travelers who may have been to Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, The Netherlands, Hongkong, Switzerland, France, Germany, Iceland, Lebanon, Italy, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, South Africa, Canada and Spain within 14 days prior to their arrival in the Philippines, are banned from entering the country until January 15, 2021.
Filipino citizens however and those foreign travelers who arrived in the Philippines before 1:00 am of December 31 are allowed entry but they have to undergo absolute facility-based 14 days of quarantine, even if they can produce a negative of the virus result by RT PCR.
In the newest Memorandum by the Executive Secretary, passengers and travelers, either Filipino citizens or foreigners merely transiting any of the countries covered by the earlier memorandum, as long as they stayed in the airport the whole time and were not cleared for entry into the covered country by immigration authorities, are deemed safe and are not to be deemed as having come from the country.
For these people, they need not complete the 14 day facility based quarantine, in fact can be allowed home quarantine upon testing negative for the virus via the RT PCR test at the point of entry.
However, transiting Filipino citizens, even if they left the airport or was cleared for entry by immigration officers into the country with a travel ban, can enter the Philippines, bring citizens.
But, according to the president-approved memorandum, these people are required to undergo an absolute facility-based 14 days quarantine even if they can produce a negative of the virus in a test result from an RT PCR assay. (rahchiu/PIA-7/Bohol)
US TRAVEL BAN. Foreign travelers from the US or have been in the US in the last 14 days prior to their scheduled arrival in the Philippines are now banned entry into the country until Jan. 15, 2021, according to a memorandum approved by the President. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
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