THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that fully vaccinated passengers from 57 countries and places considered as low-risk by health authorities are entitled to a shorter quarantine period of seven days upon their arrival in the country.
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the list of 57 “green” countries were included in a resolution issued on Wednesday, June 30, by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID).
These countries are Albania, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Benin, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cayman Islands, Chad, China, 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, Saint Eustatius, South Korea, Taiwan, Togo, Turks and Caicos Islands (UK), Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
Morente said passengers fully vaccinated abroad who stayed exclusively in any of these 57 places within the past 14 days immediately preceding their arrival shall undergo a seven-day facility-based quarantine.
Morente said they would only need to present a seven-day booking in a government-accredited quarantine hotel or facility during primary immigration inspection when they arrive in the country.
The BI chief reiterated that arriving passengers who were fully vaccinated in the Philippines are entitled to the same shorter quarantine privilege and would need to present a seven-day quarantine booking upon arrival to immigration authorities.