No foreigners, non-OFW Filipinos into the Philippines from March 20 to April 19

[Skyman 310]

On 3/17/2021 at 10:55 AM, delish said:

Geez... They should exempt those who are fully vaccinated.

There's no Quid Pro Quo for being vaccinated.  The reports I've seen show that the vaccine (any of them) does not make you immune.  You can still get in and spread it.  The 1 benefit to the vaccine is that if you get it, you won't get it as badly and be less likely to die from it.  So, you're still supposed to wear a mask and distance.  So don't look for any benefits to it outside that.

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29 minutes ago, Skyman said:

There's no Quid Pro Quo for being vaccinated.  The reports I've seen show that the vaccine (any of them) does not make you immune.  You can still get in and spread it.  The 1 benefit to the vaccine is that if you get it, you won't get it as badly and be less likely to die from it.  So, you're still supposed to wear a mask and distance.  So don't look for any benefits to it outside that.

Actually research is showing that people who are vaccinated are unlikely to transmit it. This is in early studies in the last month or so but the data is encouraging. I think in another month or two this will be confirmed.  

[flicks1998 1,044]

6 hours ago, Adventine said:

Well................... the first leg of my domestic flight was cancelled because of bad weather, completely unrelated to the PH travel restrictions.

 

No others available that would allow me to make it on time to my flight Chicago-Tokyo and Tokyo-Manila before the travel ban starts in 9 hours in Manila as of this writing.

 

I think it was a blessing in disguise that the first leg of my trip was cancelled. Our biggest worry was that I would get on the flight Chicago-Tokyo and arrive in Tokyo late OR to the news that the travel ban changed again. Then I would have been stuck in Tokyo, without a valid Japanese visa OR a PCR test that would allow me to fly back to the US to wait out the travel ban.

 

Waiting to hear back from both my travel insurance company and the PH embassy about what else they can do. But I'm not optimistic.

Looks like all Filipinos are allow to enter now. Even foreigners traveling with a Filipino spouse. There is a memo put out by the IATF just now. Sorry can’t post the link at the moment. 

[Skyman 310]

5 minutes ago, flicks1998 said:

Looks like all Filipinos are allow to enter now. Even foreigners traveling with a Filipino spouse. There is a memo put out by the IATF just now. Sorry can’t post the link at the moment. 

Where did you find it?

[delish 29]

I guess they updated it that fast. 
 

https://www.facebook.com/133424753462907/posts/1971311413007556/

[Skyman 310]

4 minutes ago, delish said:

I guess they updated it that fast. 
 

https://www.facebook.com/133424753462907/posts/1971311413007556/

Thanks, I guess they were  "joke lang."  Early for April Fools.

[Talako 778]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/780315/all-returning-filipino-citizens-now-allowed-entry-to-philippines-ntf/story/

 

[Joe Kano 327]

7 hours ago, Skyman said:

There's no Quid Pro Quo for being vaccinated.  The reports I've seen show that the vaccine (any of them) does not make you immune.  You can still get in and spread it.  The 1 benefit to the vaccine is that if you get it, you won't get it as badly and be less likely to die from it.  So, you're still supposed to wear a mask and distance.  So don't look for any benefits to it outside that.

Huh?

 

CDC has issued a statement the vaccinated people can gather without masks

 

Im in Texas the dropped the mask order a few weeks ago

[Skyman 310]

2 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

Huh?

 

CDC has issued a statement the vaccinated people can gather without masks

 

Im in Texas the dropped the mask order a few weeks ago

Well, that's a report newer than what I've seen.  I think the Texas change was due more to the numbers than the vaccine though they could be related.  Here in the Philippines they are way behind on vaccination and there has been no statement regarding anything about reduced restrictions for the vaccinated.  I did see a CDC video from a few days ago that said two families could gather together is one family was vaccinated but it still sounds like they are leery of it with good reason I think.  I hope it works and life can resume but it's still early.

 

https://www.facebook.com/JohnsHopkinsSPH/videos/1128122914277813/

 

[Joe Kano 327]

34 minutes ago, Skyman said:

 Here in the Philippines they are way behind on vaccination

 

Isn't that normal for the Philippines, always a day late and dollar short on everything......

[John & Rose 7,239]

I did just hear that Batangas is going into full lockdown on April 1.  Nothing official but a text from a friend who lives there.

 

[top_secret 2,347]

It says,

 

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"During the period of 0001H 22 March 2021 to 2359H April 2021, the travel of Filipinos and exempted foreign nationals shall be subject to the arrival quota set by the Department of Transportation." 

Unless they changed that quota, it was set at 1,500 total arrivals per day for the entire country.  If that quota remains, then it might as well still be a ban because any flights that aren't outright canceled will be putting passengers on standby due to the quota.  I don't see that PAL reactivated any of their canceled flights either.

 

The wife says her province just got put back on full lockdown status.  We moved our planned Peru trip up to late April.  Hopefully things would settle down a bit once they get past Holy Week.

 

I got my first Moderna Vax shot today.   No big deal at all.  My last tetanus shot stung allot more than the ronavax.  I notice a number of countries are seriously discussing lessening travel restrictions for vaccinated travelers.  Since the rona problem is part medical and part political, vaccination addresses both issues by lessening the medical impact and giving politicians political butt covering to say problem solved, mission accomplished, everyone can get back to normal.

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6 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

Isn't that normal for the Philippines, always a day late and dollar short on everything......

No stock sir

[Skyman 310]

On 3/20/2021 at 2:13 AM, top_secret said:

Hopefully things would settle down a bit once they get past Holy Week.

Think so?  Hopefully, but most likely Holy Week will result in another spike.

[Paul & Lovella 1]

I wonder will it come down to having a covid vaccine card needed for international  travel !