Philippines travel ban effective from today

Philippines travel ban effective from today

Travelers from the UAE and Hungary are temporarily barred from entering the Philippines to halt the spread of a more infectious variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Malacañang announced on Friday, Philippines News Agency reported.The two countries are included in the updated list of countries with travel restrictions released by the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES), Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.The imposition of a travel ban on the two countries will take effect starting 12:01am (8.01pm UAE time) on January 17 until January 31.Comments Read Next3 days agoPhilippines approves Pfizer vaccine for emergency use4 days agoNew COVID-19 variant now in the Philippines5 days agoPhilippines may rollout COVID-19 vaccine in February2 weeks agoPhilippines probes unauthorized vaccines given to soldiers2 weeks agoKuwait plans limited flights from banned countries2 weeks agoOman advises citizens to avoid travel to South Africa2 weeks agoTurkey bans Britons after detecting new COVID-19 strain cases in UK travellers2 weeks agoIndia-UK flights to resume from January 82 weeks agoKuwait to reopen airport, new health precautions announced2 weeks agoPhilippine president's guards used ‘smuggled' Covid-19 vaccines: Minister