(SPOT.ph) Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, October 11 clarified that the new rule for shortened quarantine period covers those who started quarantine on October 8. This protocol applies to fully vaccinated travelers arriving to the Philippines from green- and yellow-list countries.
What you should know about shortened quarantine periods for international arrivals:
"What will happen to those who already started quarantine before October 8? Good news because the IATF issued a resolution making this shortened quarantine period retroactive," he said.
According to Roque, this means that inbound travelers who are already on the sixth day of quarantine right now should already have their RT-PCR test results. "If that test yelds a negative result, you can finish the rest of the quarantine at home," he added.
On the other hand, unvaccinated travelers from green- and yellow-listed countries can have a shorter quarantine period of seven days with an RT-PCR test on the seventh day.
The Philippines adopted the new Red-Yellow-Green system for international arrivals in September. Red means that the origin country has high risk for COVID-19, while Green is the least risky.
Also read: Everything You Need to Know If You're Returning to the Philippines
Here's the updated list from October 1 to 15:
Red List (High Risk)
- Bermuda
Green List (Low Risk)
- American Samoa
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Cayman Islands
- Chad
- China (mainland)
- Comoros
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Hungary
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Montserrat
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- 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
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
Yellow List (Moderate Risk)
- All other countries and territories
This supersedes the previous rule that hotel quarantine for arrivals from green-listed countries should stay isolated for seven days with an RT-PCR on the fifth day, while arrivals from yellow-listed countries should stay isolated for 10 days with an RT-PCR on the seventh day. Both protocols note that the rest of the 14-day quarantine period can be done at home, which is still in effect with the new guidelines.
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