Philippines extends ban on travellers from 30 countries

Even as countries have started to welcome tourists from outside of its borders. There are some countries  which continue to keep their borders closed, for fear of an influx and subsequent surge in corona virus cases. Among them is the Philippines, which has extended its ban on travellers from more than 30 countries.  The ban applies to countries where a more transmissible variant of COVID-19 has been detected.

The report further states that the flight ban has been expanded from an initial 19 countries  and will be in effect until January 31, presidential Harry Roque has said.

As such, under the ban, travellers looking to visit the country from the following places will not be allowed to do so: United States, Australia, Brazil, Austria, China, Denmark, Canada, India, France, Germany, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy , Iceland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Jamaica, Lebanon, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Norway, South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Previously, Filipinos were allowed to return to their country, even if they wanted to do so from one of the aforementioned ‘banned’ nations. The only condition was that they completed a 14-day quarantine in a government-designated isolation facility. Source