By The SUN
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| The same rules will apply to fully vaccinated foreigners from Feb. 10, 2022 |
From Tuesday, Feb 1, all fully vaccinated Filipinos entering the Philippines will no longer be required to spend their quarantine in a hotel but should only self-monitor for the next seven days.
The same rule will be
extended to foreign nationals entering the country starting on Feb 10.
All that the vaccinated
inbound travelers should do is present a negative result for a RT-PCR (swab)
test taken within 48 hours before boarding their flights to the Philippines,
plus a recognized vaccination certificate.
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The following vaccination records are recognized in the Philippines: (1) a WHO International Certificate of Vaccination and Prophylaxis; 2) VaxCertPH or (3) national/state digital certificate of the foreign government which has accepted the VaxCertPH under a reciprocal agreement (like the HK vaccination record) unless otherwise permitted by the IATF.
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Those who are
unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unclear will have to present a
negative RT-PCR test taken within 48 hours before boarding, and stay in a
quarantine facility until the release of their negative result for a RT-PCR
test taken on the fifth day of their arrival.
In addition, they will
have to undergo home quarantine until the 14th day with the date of
arrival being the first day. They will be monitored by local government units and
barangay health response teams in their destination while they are undergoing
home quarantine.
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No monitoring is
required for vaccinated new arrivals, but they are required to report to the
local government unit of destination should they show any symptoms.
According to the
Department of Health, the move was agreed upon by the Inter-Agency Task Force
on Covid-19 control because of the country’s improved vaccination rate and also
because this has now become the norm in many countries abroad.
The move is also seen
to hasten economic recovery.
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| There will be no more testing upon arrival at any Philippine airport |
The new protocols replace
the existing color-coded classification, where so-called green countries were
deemed low risk, yellow countries medium risk, and red countries, high risk.
Until restrictions
were tightened recently with the onset of the Omicron variant, only travelers from
green places like Hong Kong were allowed to skip quarantine.
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The relaxed rules are
due to take effect as the number of Covid-19 cases reported in the country
continued to decline Sunday, but remained at a critical level.
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The Department of
Health said 16,953 additional coronavirus infections were detected today, although
there were 27,638 new recoveries. Twenty more deaths were reported.
The total number of
cases recorded in the country so far has gone up to 3,545,680, of which 202,864 are active cases.
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