PH extends ban on flights from India, nine other states until Aug. 31

By Prince Golez

President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the current travel ban on travelers from India and nine other countries from August 16 to August 31, according to Malacañang.

In a statement Friday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to extend the current travel restrictions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia until the end of the month.

The IATF also allowed people aged 65 or above to go out of their residences to personally file their certificates of candidacy in the national office and designated field offices of the Commission on Elections, said Roque.

They will be recognized as Authorized Persons Outside of Residence from October 1 to 8, 2021, regardless of community quarantine classification and vaccination status, he added.

The national government likewise approved the request of airlines to resume international transit hub operations.

Roque said these international transit hub operations should be limited to airside transfers between Terminals 1 and 2, and within Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, and further limited for countries/jurisdictions/territories in the Green List.

“As such, protocols for the controlled movement of passengers and health and safety protocols within the terminals shall be strictly observed. Any traveler who may exhibit symptoms shall comply with isolation and quarantine protocols which shall be for the account of the sponsoring airlines,” he added.

The IATF has directed the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Bureau of Quarantine, and the Bureau of Immigration to formulate the necessary protocols for the issuance of appropriate visas applicable on a case-to-case basis.

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