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Paralympic athlete tests positive for COVID-19

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) confirmed on Monday (Aug. 21) that one of the six Paralympics athletes for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic games tested positive for COVID-19. In today’s Laging Handa public...

DOTr imposes strengthened border controls vs. Delta variant

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it strengthened the border control in the country’s ports, in accordance with the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19’s crisis management plan against the Delta...

DICT asks LGUs to submit list of vaccinated residents for digital vax certificate

The Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) asked the local government units (LGUs) to submit the list of their vaccinated residents for its digital vaccine certificate project. DICT Secretary Gregorio Honasan...

IATF updates list of green countries

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday, August 12, 2021, approved and updated the list of considered “green” countries/jurisdictions/territories. The updated list includes Albania, American Samoa, Anguilla, Australia, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

Travel restrictions to 10 countries extended until August 31

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to extend the current travel restrictions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand,...

IATF suspends shortened testing, quarantine protocols for fully vaccinated close contacts

The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) temporarily suspended the shortened testing and quarantine protocol for fully vaccinated individuals identified as close contacts of COVID-19 patients. IATF...

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