BI says vaccinated passengers from 57 countries need only to present 7-day quarantine booking

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that fully vaccinated passengers from 57 countries and places considered as low risk by health authorities are entitled to a shorter quarantine period of seven days upon their arrival in the country.

In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the list of 57 “green” countries were included in a resolution issued on Wednesday by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID).

These countries are Albania, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Benin, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cayman Islands, Chad, China, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Grenada, Hongkong, Iceland, Isle of Man, Israel, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Rwanda, Saba, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Singapore, Saint Eustatius, South Korea, Taiwan, Togo, Turks and Caicos Islands (UK), Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

Morente said that passengers fully vaccinated abroad who stayed exclusively in any of these 57 places within the past 14 days immediately preceding their arrival shall undergo a seven-day facility-based quarantine.

BI says vaccinated passengers from 57 countries need only to present 7-day quarantine booking

Hence, Morente said that they would only need to present a 7-day booking in a government-accredited quarantine hotel or facility during primary immigration inspection when they arrive in the country.

Morente also reiterated that arriving passengers who were fully vaccinated in the Philippines are entitled to the same shorter quarantine privilege and would need to present a 7-day quarantine booking upon arrival to immigration authorities.

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that it would continue to implement the ban on the entry of all passengers arriving from seven restricted countries until July 15.

In an advisory, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the extension of the travel ban is in compliance with the latest Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) resolution extending for two more weeks the ban on the entry of passengers from the said countries which was supposed to expire on Wednesday.

The seven countries covered by the travel ban are India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.