The public is informed that the Philippine Bureau of Immigration, pursuant to a 05 May 2021 Memorandum from the Office of the Executive Secretary, has included Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in its list of countries with imposed travel restrictions in relation to the SARS CoV-2 B.1.617 variant of Covid-19.
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 from entering the country effective 0001H of 07 May 2021 Manila time, until 2359H of 14 May 2021.
Travellers who have been to Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh within 14 days immediately preceding travel to the Philippines, but arriving before 0001H of 07 May 2021 Manila time shall not be barred from entry but shall be required to undergo an absolute facility-based fourteen-day quarantine period notwithstanding a negative RT-PCR test result.
Filipinos and foreign travellers merely transiting through the abovementioned countries shall not be deemed as having come from those countries provided, that they stay in the airport the entire time of transit and were not cleared for entry into these countries by its immigration authorities. Upon arrival in the Philippines, these passengers need not complete a full 14-day facility-based quarantine but shall comply with existing testing and quarantine protocols of the national government.
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