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Travel ban in place for those coming from India until May 14

(Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) however imposed some conditions, including having valid and existing visas at the time of entry and strict testing and quarantine protocols, for inbound foreigners. The government earlier imposed entry restrictions on some foreign nationals from March 22 to April 21, 2021 as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease. The temporary travel ban on foreigners was later extended until April 30. “Beginning 01 May 2021, the foreign nationals allowed u...

PH allows entry of foreign nationals beginning May 1

(Photo from BI Facebook page) “This was in compliance with the ruling of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Infectious Diseases allowing the return to the country of foreign students, investors and workers,” said BI Commissioner Jaime Morente. Likewise, the BI chief said foreign nationals qualified under the Balikbayan Program may also avail of the entry privilege. Morente said, however, that passengers coming from India, or those who have travel history with that country during the last 14 days were still barred from coming in a bid to stop the entry here of a highly infect...

Share In a bid to encourage Filipinos itching to travel after almost a year in lockdown to rediscover their own backyard, the Philippines’ Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has announced new travel protocols. In an online media briefing on 27 February, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that under the IATF Resolution No. 101, the IATF approved uniform travel protocols for land, sea, and air travel crafted by the Department of Interior and Local Government with closed coordination with local government units. A. On Minimum Public Health S...