The Philippines is prohibiting the entry of travelers from two areas from Nov. 16 to 30 as the government updated its COVID-19 travel list classifications.
Faroe Islands and The Netherlands have been placed under the Red List, which means that individuals from the said areas cannot enter the Philippines.
Travelers coming from areas classified under the Yellow and Green Lists however are allowed entry as these are categorized as moderate risk and low risk for COVID-19 respectively.
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Here are the new classifications as approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 response effective from Nov. 16 to 30:
Red List (high risk)
- Faroe Islands
- The Netherlands
Green List (low risk)
-American Samoa
- Bhutan
- Chad
- China (Mainland)
- Comoros
- Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Niger
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Paraguay
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Eustatius
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Taiwan
- Togo
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Yellow List (moderate risk)
- All other countries, territories, jurisdictions not mentioned
The inter-agency task force on COVID-19 response also approved the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs for the national COVID-19 vaccination certificates of Australia, Czech Republic, Georgia, India, Japan, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Turkey, and Samoa to be accepted or recognized for purposes of arrival quarantine protocols, as well as travel within the Philippines, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said.