Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 4)— The Inter-Agency Task Force has updated its list of “green” countries or territories tagged as low risk for COVID-19, spokesperson Harry Roque said on Saturday.
These are the following: American Samoa, Anguilla, Australia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Chad, China, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gabon, Grenada, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China), Hungary, Mali, Federated States of Micronesia, Montserrat, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Poland, Saba, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sierra Leone, Sint Eustatius, Slovakia, and Taiwan.
The IATF earlier said fully vaccinated travelers from areas in the green list will be allowed a shorter, seven-day facility-based quarantine upon arrival in the country.
Meanwhile, the task force also recently approved the new classifications of “Yellow List” and “Red List” or nations tagged as moderate and high risk for COVID-19, respectively.
Travelers coming from Yellow territories shall complete a 10-day facility quarantine then another four-day home quarantine. On the other hand, passengers coming from the Red areas, except for repatriates, shall not be allowed to enter the country.
The government, however, has yet to announce the areas included in these lists.
