(14 Jul 2021) -- Pursuant to Resolution No. 125A-2021 issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) of the Republic of the Philippines as approved by the Office of the President, the public is hereby informed of the following:

1.) All passengers coming from or who have been to Indonesia within fourteen (14) days immediately preceding arrival in the Philippines, except Filipinos returning pursuant to government-initiated repatriation programs or as part of non-government repatriation programs and special commercial flights allowed under existing IATF resolutions, shall be prohibited from entering the Philippines effective 1201H of Friday, 16 July 2021 Manila time until 2359H of 31 July 2021.

2.) Effective immediately, all passengers in transit coming from, or who have been to Indonesia within 14 days immediately preceding arrival in the Philippines, arriving before 1201H of 16 July 2021 Manila time, shall not be prohibited from entering the Philippines but shall be required to undergo an absolute facility-based 14-day quarantine period notwithstanding a negative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) result.

3.) Filipino and foreign passengers merely transiting through Indonesia shall be subject to the following rules:

1. All passengers merely transiting through Indonesia shall not be deemed as having come from or having been to said country, provided that they stayed in the airport the entire time and were not cleared for entry into such country by its 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.

Below is a copy of the memorandum issued by the Office of the President:

Please be guided accordingly.^{CIR1903OUCSCA2021}