Travelers from These Countries Need Only 7 Days of Quarantine in the Philippines

Malacañang on Wednesday released the list of countries and territories considered "low-risk" for COVID-19 transmission, where travelers coming from only need to undergo seven days of quarantine upon arrival in the Philippines.

Instead of the usual 10-day facility-based quarantine, travelers from the so-called "green countries" and jurisdictions only need to stay for seven days at a quarantine facility.

The inter-agency task force on COVID-19 response listed the following "green" or low-risk countries and jurisdictions:

• Albania
• American Samoa
• Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia
• Benin
• Belize
• The British Virgin Islands
• Brunei
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cayman Islands
• Chad
• China
• Cote d’ Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• Eswatini
• Falkland Islands
• French Polynesia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Hong Kong
• Iceland
• Isle of Man
• Israel
• Laos
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritius
• Micronesia
• Montserrat
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palau
• Rwanda
• Saba
• Saint Barthelemy
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Sierra Leone
• Senegal
• Singapore
• Sint Eustatius
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Togo
• Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
• Vietnam
• Zimbabwe