COVID-19: Countries list, entry requirements updated

IMPACT – MEDIUM

The Philippine government has updated its COVIVD-19 green, yellow and red lists and its entry requirements for vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers.

Green-list entry requirements:

• Fully vaccinated foreign nationals arriving from green-list countries must:
  • Have proof of a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of departure.
  • Self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 days.
• Foreign nationals who are not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status cannot be validated arriving from green-list countries must:
  • Undergo a facility-based quarantine until they receive a negative PCR test taken on the fifth day of quarantine.
  • Quarantine at home until their fourteenth day of arrival if they are released from the facility based quarantine.
  • Have a quarantine-hotel reservation for at least six days.

Yellow-list entry requirements:

• Fully vaccinated foreign nationals arriving from yellow-list countries must:
  • Undergo a facility-based quarantine until they receive a negative PCR test taken on the fifth day of quarantine.
  • Quarantine at home until their tenth day of arrival if they are released from the facility based quarantine.
  • Have a quarantine-hotel reservation for at least six days.
• Foreign nationals who are not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status cannot be validated arriving from yellow-list countries must:
  • Undergo a facility-based quarantine until they receive a negative PCR test taken on the seventh day of quarantine.
  • Quarantine at home until their fourteenth day of arrival if they are released from the facility based quarantine.
  • Have a quarantine-hotel reservation for at least eight days.

Additional Information: Foreign national minors who are not fully vaccinated must carry out the aforementioned quarantine requirements; a parent/guardian must join the child in the quarantine facility for the full duration of the quarantine.

BAL Analysis: The response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to develop, and BAL will provide additional updates as information becomes available.

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