PH imposes Bermuda travel ban from Oct. 1-15
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has imposed a travel restriction on Bermuda, the only country on its “red list” effective October 1 to October 15, 2021, Malacañang said Thursday.
“Bermuda is the only country in the Red List, while there are 49 countries in the Green List,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.
According to previous guidelines issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), inbound travelers coming from territories under red list are prohibited from entering the country regardless of their vaccination status.
Meanwhile, below are the 49 countries under green list where fully vaccinated travelers qualify for seven-day facility-based quarantine instead of 10 days:
- 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
- Yemen
Roque said “all other countries/jurisdictions/territories not listed above are in the Yellow List.”
According to IATF guidelines, inbound travelers from those in the yellow list or areas that are moderate-risk for COVID-19 must undergo a 14-day quarantine composed of a 10-day facility-based quarantine and four-day home quarantine.
They will undergo RT-PCR on the seventh day of isolation and must complete the 10-day facility based quarantine even if they get a negative test result.
