The government will start relaxing quarantine protocols for some inbound travelers this week.
Starting July 1, 2021, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) will allow fully vaccinated people entering the country to spend only 7 days in a facility-based quarantine.
Also qualified for the shortened quarantine facility stay are travelers who were vaccinated abroad and stayed exclusively in “green” countries’ jurisdictions for the past 14 days immediately preceding arrival in the Philippines.
Green countries are those classified by the Department of Health (DOH) as ‘low risk” based on disease incidence.
“DOH will come out with the list. Let us wait for it. These will include countries, which we have no problem when it comes to the trustworthiness of their certificate of vaccination,” Roque said.
Inbound travelers who will not satisfy the said criteria will still be required to undergo the 10-day facility based quarantine.
The shortened quarantine period for those who were fully vaccinated in the country was first announced earlier this month, but its implementation was postponed pending the release of the necessary protocols for its implementation.