A TOP Palace official said on Thursday that six nations were placed by the Philippine government under the “Red” list of countries effective January 1-15, 2022.
Acting Presidential Spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said these countries are Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Spain.
Travelers from these countries will be barred from entering the country, unless they are on board Overseas Filipino Workers’ repatriation flights sanctioned by the Philippine government and other private partners.
Below are the countries that remain under the “Green” list:
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bhutan
- British Virgin Islands,
- China
- Cote d’ Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Fiji
- The Gambia
- Guinea
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Liberia
- Montserrat
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Rwanda
- Saba (Special Municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- Saint Barthelemy
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Eustatius
- Taiwan
- Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- Togo
- Uganda, and
- United Arab Emirates.
Countries/territories /jurisdictions not included in the list above will remain under the “Yellow” category.
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) also approved the acceptance/recognition for purposes of arrival quarantine protocols as well as for interzonal/intrazonal movement the national COVID-19 vaccination certificate from countries such as Armenia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Kuwait, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United States of America and Oman.
The Bureau of Quarantine, the Department of Transportation – One Stop Shop and the Bureau of Immigration are also directed to recognize only the proofs of vaccination that were approved by the IATF.