MANILA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The Philippines will ban
travellers from 19 countries and territories until mid-January
as a measure to keep out a new variant of the coronavirus, its
transport ministry said on Tuesday.
The regulation will be in effect from midnight of Dec. 29 to
Jan. 15, covers Filipinos and foreigners arriving from the
"flagged countries", the transport ministry told reporters in a
group text message.
The Philippine government previously imposed and later
extended a flight ban from Britain until mid-January.