The Philippines has updated its COVID-19 travel list classification which will take effect on Sept. 19, authorities said, as the country struggles to slow the transmission of the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant.
The new classification, which replaced blanket travel bans, will be effective until Sept. 30, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said.
Foreign travelers coming from Red List areas are prohibited entry to the Philippines. Those coming from Yellow List areas however need to undergo a longer quarantine than travelers coming from Green List countries.
Here are the new classifications as approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 response:
Red List (High Risk)
- Grenada
- Papua New Guinea
- Serbia
- Slovenia
Green List (Low Risk)
- American Samoa
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Cayman Islands
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Gabon
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)
- Hungary
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Montserrat
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niger
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Poland
- Saba (Special Municipality of the Kingdom of Netherlands)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Eustatius
- Taiwan
- Algeria
- Bhutan
- Cook Islands
- Eritrea
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- North Korea
- Saint Helena
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikstan
- Tanzania
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
Yellow List (Moderate Risk)
- All other countries/territories/jurisdictions
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