The Philippines updates ‘Red, Green, Yellow’ list

The Philippines has revised the list of “red, yellow, and green” countries and jurisdictions, as well as the testing and quarantine protocols for arriving passengers.

The red, yellow, and green list was updated during the meeting of members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on Thursday.

In a press statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Romania is the only country that has been included in the red list.

On the other hand, there are around 49 states and jurisdictions on the green list, Roque said.

Included in the green list are Algeria, American Samoa, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Chad, China (Mainland), Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Eritrea, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gibraltar, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China), Kiribati, Madagascar, Mali, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Montserrat, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Poland, Saba (Special Municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Sint Eustatius, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu and Yemen.

Roque said all other countries, jurisdictions, or territories are listed under the yellow list.

The updated roster will take effect from October 16 to 31.

Fully vaccinated Filipinos and foreign travelers from the “green” countries are no longer required to undergo facility-based quarantine. They only need to present a negative RT-PCR test taken 72 hours before arrival.

Here are the new guidelines released by the IATF-EID for arriving international passengers coming from the “Green” List countries in all ports of entry in the Philippines effective October 14, 2021.

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