Philippines lifting some requirements

[John & Rose 7,239]

Looks like things are loosening a bit.  Green countries have no quarantine for fully vaccinated.

 

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rappler.com%2Fnation%2Ffacility-based-covid-19-quarantine-not-required-fully-vaccinated-nationals-filipinos-green-countries%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0LjhnYz58nFGwXFWZilaM2Ft7qGs_ykkcNqECg7JnVSggR11KU6iI6Nuw&h=AT2I_9iyxDFj8hluh_SMmeOKMljnuQSnkwbQv_GWhbum_qtrhfcopkeiarfhVWIxuwO7j5BHPQDEsc1vUa7jRFOhNKZsFJZOukdA8cOnrdo0aoq1sRLugtNFvV64Q2RtSbIDl-FvycPtJDP9fU3A7qSN

 

Edited October 13, 2021 by John & Rose

[top_secret 2,424]

4 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

Looks like things are loosening a bit.  Green countries have no quarantine for fully vaccinated.

 

Which translated, means the Philippines has reopened easy access mainly just to Communist China.

[John & Rose 7,239]

2 minutes ago, top_secret said:

 

Which translated, means the Philippines has reopened easy access mainly just to Communist China.

And Middle East…

 

You can read it like tourism is starting back up and the US quarantine is down to 6 days from 14. This is the only source I’ve seen so far but I’m hoping it gets clarified as more information comes in. 

[top_secret 2,424]

5 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

And Middle East…

I think the main change for Middle East is some of the more relevant Mid East countries to the Philippines went from Red List with a total ban, to Yellow List with quarantine.

[John & Rose 7,239]

3 minutes ago, top_secret said:

I think the main change for Middle East is some of the more relevant Mid East countries to the Philippines went from Red List with a total ban, to Yellow List with quarantine.

The real question is if this is opening up to non-spouses and children.  Is tourism coming back.  It is gray on that part and I am still looking for other sources.  One said fully vaccinated yellow countries also have no quarantine but I have only seen that in one article.  I am looking for something more official.

 

[Talako 785]

1 hour ago, John & Rose said:

And Middle East…

 

You can read it like tourism is starting back up and the US quarantine is down to 6 days from 14. This is the only source I’ve seen so far but I’m hoping it gets clarified as more information comes in. 

 

[John & Rose 7,239]

27 minutes ago, Talako said:

 

There was supposedly a new resolution on Oct 12 that removed the quarantine from "green" countries.  I am waiting to see if DOH updates that.

 

[Talako 785]

17 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

There was supposedly a new resolution on Oct 12 that removed the quarantine from "green" countries.  I am waiting to see if DOH updates that.

 

This is from IATF-EID just 4 days ago, and it shows both green and yellow doing a 6 day quarantine: 

 

https://doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/health-update/IATFResolution142.pdf

 

I couldn't find anything newer exempting green list countries.

[John & Rose 7,239]

Just now, Talako said:

This is from IATF-EID just 4 days ago, and it shows both green and yellow doing a 6 day quarantine: 

 

https://doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/health-update/IATFResolution142.pdf

 

I couldn't find anything newer exempting green list countries.

Rappler and Bloomberg had articles about it but no official word.  

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-13/philippines-eases-capital-s-curbs-allows-quarantine-free-entry

[Talako 785]

Never give up:

 

https://pcoo.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211013-IATF-RESOLUTION-143-RRD.pdf

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, that the IATF approves the following: I. The following revised rules for “Green Lanes” will apply to international arriving passengers to all ports of entry in the Philippines effective 14 October 2021: A. The following shall be the testing and quarantine protocols for fully vaccinated individuals: 1 1. For foreign nationals - a negative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test shall be required to be taken within seventy-two hours (72 hrs) prior to departure from the country of origin. Upon arrival, no facility-based quarantine will be further required but the passenger is enjoined to self-monitor for any symptoms until the fourteenth (14th) day with the first day being the date of arrival. 2. For Filipinos - either of the following depending on the choice of the arriving international passenger: a) Facility-based quarantine until the release of a negative RT-PCR test taken in the quarantine facility upon arrival; or b) when a negative RT-PCR test was taken within 72 hrs prior to departure from the country of origin, no facility-based quarantine shall be required but the passenger is enjoined to self-monitor for any symptoms until the fourteenth (14th) day with the first day being the date of arrival. B. For unvaccinated, partially vaccinated, or individuals whose vaccination status cannot be independently validated, and those vaccinated but failed to comply with the above test-before-travel requirements: 1. Facility-based quarantine until the release of a negative RT-PCR test taken on the fifth (5th) day and self-monitor until the fourteenth (14th) day of arrival with the date of arrival being the first day. Foreign nationals shall be required to secure hotel reservations for at least 6 days. 2. Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated minor children traveling with their fully vaccinated parent/s or guardian/s shall be required to observe the quarantine protocols corresponding to their vaccination status. A parent/guardian shall accompany the child in the quarantine facility for the full term of the latter’s facility-based quarantine period.

 

 

 

Edited October 13, 2021 by Talako

[Talako 785]

1 minute ago, John & Rose said:

Rappler and Bloomberg had articles about it but no official word.  

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-13/philippines-eases-capital-s-curbs-allows-quarantine-free-entry

 

Took some Google-fu:

 

https://pcoo.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211013-IATF-RESOLUTION-143-RRD.pdf

 

[D&D&Dk1 9]

Before you get too excited these are the countries deemed worthy of being on the "green list" by the IATF.

 

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Countries on the green list are the following: American Samoa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Chad, China (mainland), Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Hungary, Madagascar, Mali, Federated States of Micronesia, Montserrat, New Zealand, Niger, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Poland, Saba (Special Municipality of the Kingdom of Netherlands), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sierra Leone, Sint Eustatius, Taiwan, Algeria, Bhutan, Cook Islands, Eritrea, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niue, North Korea, Saint Helena, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, and Yemen.

 

Yeah you read that right...places like Congo, Sierra Leone, and Chad are on the green list but most of the EU and North America isn't. Somehow I doubt that the poorest parts of Africa are more well vaxed than developed nations.

[John & Rose 7,239]

13 hours ago, top_secret said:

 

Which translated, means the Philippines has reopened easy access mainly just to Communist China.

You can read it like tourism is starting back up and the US quarantine is down to 6 days from 14. This is the only source I’ve seen so far but I’m hoping it gets clarified as more information comes in. 

[RO_AH 1,659]

I have not seen anything so far that would indicate that they have lifted the requirement for a valid visa. While this may be a step in the right direction, I would not get my hopes up regarding tourists.

[John & Rose 7,239]

6 hours ago, RO_AH said:

I have not seen anything so far that would indicate that they have lifted the requirement for a valid visa. While this may be a step in the right direction, I would not get my hopes up regarding tourists.

I doubt if the visa is ever going away.  I am waiting to see if they are processing them for non-spouses.  It was the wording.  The other announcements talked about the entry restrictions but this one only states "foreign nationals".  This is the Philippines though and they may just have forgotten to include that language.