By Filane Mikee Cervantes | Philippine News Agency
MANILA – Malacañang on Friday (Feb. 18) said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the proposal to recognize the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine certificates of 15 more countries.
In a Palace briefing, Cabinet Secretary and acting presidential spokesman Karlo Nograles said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved this based on the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) recommendation.
The Philippines will start recognizing COVID-19 vaccination certificates from the following countries – Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Syria, and the Chinese semi-autonomous region of Macau.
Nograles said the national COVID-19 vaccination certificates of these countries and territories were accepted “for purposes of arrival quarantine protocols, as well as for interzonal/intrazonal movement.”
He said the IATF directed the Bureau of Quarantine, the Department of Transportation – One-Stop-Shop, and the Bureau of Immigration to recognize proofs of vaccination of nationals from the 15 countries.
The IATF earlier approved the recommendation of the DFA to recognize the national COVID-19 vaccination certificates issued by Malaysia and Ireland. (PNA)
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