Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on travelers coming from India or those with travel history to India within the last 14 days

All travelers coming from India or those with travel history to India within the
last fourteen (14) days preceding arrival shall be prohibited from entering the
Philippines beginning 0001H of April 29, 2021, until May 14, 2021.

Passengers already in transit from the abovementioned country and
all those who have been to the same within 14 days immediately preceding
arrival to the Philippines, who arrive before 0001H of April 29, 2021, shall
not be subject to the above restriction, but shall nevertheless be required to
undergo stricter quarantine and testing protocols i.e. the observation of an
absolute facility-based fourteen-day quarantine period notwithstanding a
negative Reverse Transcription – Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) result.

Restrictions as to travelers coming from other countries that report the new
strain may be imposed by the Office of the President upon the joint
recommendation of the Department of Health and the Department of Foreign
Affairs.

The Department of Transportation should ensure that airlines are directed not
to allow the boarding of passengers entering the country pursuant to travel
restrictions imposed by the Office of the President and IATF resolutions
except if they are part of the repatriation efforts of the national government.

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