No need for facility-based quarantine for vaccinated foreigners, Filipinos from ‘green’ countries

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The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) announced that there is no need for facility-based quarantine for fully-vaccinated foreigners and Filipinos upon arrival in the Philippines so long as they come from “green” countries.

Starting Thursday, the following will be required of fully-vaccinated foreigners entering the Philippines from green countries and do not apply to tourists:

A negative result in a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test within 72 hours prior to departure from their country of origin.
Upon arrival in the Philippines, self-monitoring for any symptoms of COVID-19 for 14 days.

The green countries as of October 8 are:

American Samoa
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cayman Islands
Chad
China (mainland)
Comoros
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Hungary
Madagascar
Mali
Federated States of Micronesia
Montserrat
New Zealand
Niger
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau, Poland
Saba (Special Municipality of the Kingdom of Netherlands)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Sierra Leone
Sint Eustatius
Taiwan
Algeria
Bhutan
Cook Islands
Eritrea
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Nicaragua
Niue
North Korea
Saint Helena
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tokelau
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Yemen

Fully-vaccinated Filipinos can choose to take the same RT-PCR test as foreigners within 72 hours before departure and show a negative result, or choose to take the RT-PCR test at a quarantine facility upon their arrival in the Philippines and stay at the facility until they receive a negative result.

Facility-based quarantine is still required for the following Filipinos until the release of a negative RT-PCR test taken on their 5th day of quarantine:

Unvaccinated
Partially vaccinated
Individuals whose vaccination status cannot be independently verified
Those vaccinated but failed to comply with the test-before-travel requirements

Foreigners who fall into any of the above categories are required to secure hotel reservations for at least six days.

Unvaccinated or partially-vaccinated children traveling with their fully-vaccinated guardians must observe the quarantine protocols that correspond with their vaccination status. Their guardian will accompany them in the quarantine facility.