ManilaTimes-Dec 30
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to ban flights from 19 countries with reported cases of the new coronavirus variant. A memorandum released by Malacañang on Tuesday said that aside from the United Kingdom, the travel ban will cover Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, South Africa, Canada and Spain. On Saturday, Duterte extended the travel ban imposed on all flights from the UK for two weeks. The order will take effect from Dec. 30 to Jan. 15, 2021. Filipino citizens coming from the countries mentioned can enter the Philippines, but they should undergo a 14-day quarantine period.
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