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Philippines tightens controls on inbound travellers over COVID-19 variants

Published 05/07/2021, 04:53 PM
Updated 05/07/2021, 05:00 PM

MANILA, May 7 (Reuters) - Travellers entering the
Philippines will be required to undergo 14 days of quarantine,
up from a week previously, as authorities try to contain more
infectious coronavirus variants, the presidential spokesman said
on Friday.
The new controls will apply regardless of whether a visitor
has been vaccinated and the first 10 days of quarantine will be
in a government-accredited facility and the remainder at home,
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in a briefing.
Visitors will get a COVID-19 test on the seventh day after
arrival, but will still be required to complete a 10-day stay in
a facility even if they test negative, Roque said.
The Southeast Asian country is battling one of the worst
coronavirus outbreaks in Asia with more than a million
infections, including those caused by variants first detected in
Britain and South Africa, and more than 18,000 deaths.
In a bid to prevent the entry of a variant first identified
in India, the Philippines has temporarily barred travellers
coming from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh
from entering the country.
The new controls come after five passengers arriving in the
last month with a travel history to India tested positive for
COVID-19. Samples had been taken in order to do genome
sequencing, the health ministry has said.
The Philippines also allowed a container ship with a travel
history to India to dock on Thursday to provide medical
assistance to 12 of the 21 Filipino crew members who tested
positive for COVID-19.
Out of the 12, two were in critical condition and had to be
evacuated to a medical facility for treatment, while the others
were receiving care on the ship, the transport ministry said on
Friday.

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