Travel ban: Philippines lifts travel ban on coronavirus to 10 countries including India and UAE

this the Philippines It has been announced that it will be cancelled Travel ban For all incoming passengers IndiaAnd nine other countries, starting from September 6th-despite the increasing number of Covid-19 cases driven by the highly contagious variant of Delta.

According to reports, President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendations of the inter-agency Covid-19 working group to cancel the current recommendations to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Travel restrictions. Xinhua News Agency.

Passengers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia must be quarantined for 14 days upon arrival.

This is only applicable to special visa holders such as diplomats and foreign spouses of Filipino citizens. Tourists will still be barred from entering the country.

To date, the country has detected 1,789 delta cases and 33 deaths. The World Health Organization confirmed community transmission of the Delta variant, saying it is now the main Covid-19 strain circulating in the Philippines.

In April, the Philippines imposed a ban on India, which was later expanded to include nine other countries with cases of Delta.

The Philippines is now struggling to cope with the soaring Covid-19 infection. This Southeast Asian country has reported a total of 2,040,568 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 33,873 deaths.