Restrictions for travelers from Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh

06 May 2021 / Philippines

All passengers coming from or who have been to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka within 14 days immediately preceding arrival in the Philippines shall be prohibited form entering the country effective 0001H of 7 May 2021 Manila time until 2359H 14 May 2021.

Effective immediately, all passengers coming from or who have been to Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh within 14 days immediately preceding arrival in the Philippines, arriving before 000H of 7 May 2021 Manila time shall not be prohibited from entering the Philippines, but shall be required to undergo an absolute facility-based fourteen (14) day quarantine period notwithstanding a negative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) result.

Filipinos and foreign passengers merely transiting through India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh shall be subject to the following rules:

  1. All passengers, whether Filipinos or foreigners, merely transiting through these countries shall not be deemed as having come from or having been to such country, provided that they stayed in the airport the whole time and were not cleared for entry into these countries by their immigration authorities; and
  2. Upon arrival in the Philippines, passengers covered by the immediately preceding paragraph need not complete a full 14-day facility-based quarantine, but shall comply with existing testing and quarantine protocols of the national government.

All specimens from travelers coming from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh that turn positive upon testing in the Philippines shall undergo Whole Genome Sequencing. All close contacts must undergo facility-based quarantine for fourteen (14) days and contact tracing shall expand up to the third generation contacts.

(For further details and updates, as well as information about operations in the Philippines, contact GAC Philippines at [email protected])

Source: Office of the President of the Philippines Memorandum dated 5 May 2021

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