Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 16) — The pandemic task force updated on Friday its list of “green” countries tagged as low risk for COVID-19.
In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved the updated list of “green” countries aimed at identifying testing and quarantine rules for fully vaccinated travelers.
These include Albania, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Benin, Bermuda, The British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cayman Islands, Chad, China, Comoros, Cote d’ Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Curacao, Dominica, Eswatini, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Grenada, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China), Iceland, Isle of Man, Israel, Laos, Liechtenstein, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Montserrat, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Romania, Saba (Special Municipality of the Kingdom of Netherlands), Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Singapore, Sint Eustatius, South Korea, Taiwan, Togo, Turks, and Caicos Islands (UK) and Vietnam.
The task force previously said that starting this month individuals who completed their vaccination abroad and stayed exclusively within these states 14 days prior to their arrival will be allowed a shorter, seven-day facility-based quarantine.
Travelers have to undergo another COVID-19 test during their fifth day of quarantine.
While they will be strictly monitored under quarantine, they will be asked to self-monitor for another week.
