By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos/Philippine News Agency
The Philippines has put The Netherlands and Faroe Islands under the updated roster of “red” countries and jurisdictions.
“Faroe Islands and The Netherlands are the only two areas that are currently in the Red List,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement.
The new country risk classification lists or the “green, yellow, and red” list, approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), will take effect from November 16 to 30, Roque said.
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On the other hand, states and jurisdictions on the “green” list are American Samoa, Bhutan, Chad, China (Mainland), Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Federated States of Micronesia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China), India, Indonesia, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Montserrat, and Morocco.
Also on the green list are Namibia, Niger, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sint Eustatius, South Africa, Sudan, Taiwan, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
“All other countries, territories, and jurisdictions not included in the Green and Red lists are under the Yellow List,” Roque said.
Meantime, the IATF-EID has also approved the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs to accept or recognize the national coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination certificates of Australia, Czech Republic, Georgia, India, Japan, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Turkey, and Samoa.
The vaccine certificates, Roque said, can be used for the purposes of arrival quarantine protocols, as well as for interzonal or intrazonal movement.
“The said recommendation is in addition to such other countries/territories/jurisdictions whose proofs of vaccination the IATF already approved for recognition in the Philippines, and without prejudice to such other proofs of vaccination approved by IATF for all inbound travelers,” Roque said.
Roque said the Bureau of Quarantine, the Department of Transportation’s One-Stop-Shop, and the Bureau of Immigration are directed to recognize only the proofs of vaccination approved by the IATF-EID. (PNA) -rir
