14 January 2022 – the Embassy informs the public that the Philippine COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has issued an updated List category of countries per IATF Resolution 157-B dated 13 January 2022. Under the updated list, Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein remain in the Yellow List of countries until 31 January 2022.
For the full text of the IATF Resolution 157-B, please visit: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2022/01jan/20220113-IATF-157B-RRD.pdf.
TESTING AND QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS UPON ARRIVAL
Pursuant to IATF Resolution 157, the testing and quarantine protocols for eligible international arriving passengers in all ports of entry in the Philippines for “Yellow” List countries/jurisdictions/territories in all ports of entry in the Philippines shall be as follows:
- For fully vaccinated individuals:
- a negative RT-PCR test taken within forty-eight hours (48 hrs) prior to departure from the country of origin will be required.
- Upon arrival, they shall undergo facility-based quarantine with an RT-PCR test taken on the fifth (5th) day, with the date of arrival being the first day.
- Once with a negative result, they may be released for completion of home quarantine up to the seventh (7th) day from the date of arrival.
Negative pre-departure RT-PCR tests taken seventy-two hours (72 hrs) prior to departure shall be honored until 0001H of 19 January 2022.
- Individuals who are unvaccinated, partially vaccinated, or whose vaccination status cannot be independently validated:
- a negative RT-PCR test taken within forty-eight hours (48 hrs) prior to departure from the country of origin will be required.
- Upon arrival, they shall undergo facility-based quarantine with an RT-PCR test done on the seventh (7th) day, with the date of arrival being the first day.
- Once with a negative result, they may be released for completion of home quarantine up to the fourteenth (14th) day from the date of arrival.
Negative pre-departure RT-PCR tests taken seventy-two hours (72 hrs) prior to departure shall be honored until 0001H of 19 January 2022.
The full text of the IATF Resolution 157 on the updated Protocols regarding arrivals from Green, Yellow and Red listed countries may be gleaned from https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2022/01jan/20220113-IATF-157-RRD.pdf;
The updated Alert Levels in the Philippines per IATF Resolution 157-A may be gleaned from https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2022/01jan/20220113-IATF-157A-RRD.pdf
Please be advised that the One Health Pass (https://www.onehealthpass.com.ph/) must be accomplished online prior to an eligible traveller’s departure for the Philippines.
The IATF regularly reviews the classification every 15 days. As such, the public is advised to regularly check the latest IATF Resolutions and guidelines at: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/section/laws/other-issuances/inter-agency-task-force-for-the-management-of-emerging-infectious-diseases-resolutions/.
Please be advised that it is the IATF which assesses, determines, and decides the color-coded Country List of all countries/jurisdictions/territories based on the epidemiological situation prevailing therein, not the Philippine Embassy.
For further queries and clarifications on quarantine and entry, please coordinate with the following:
- Bureau of Immigration –
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- Website: https://immigration.gov.ph/
- Department of Health (DOH) / Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ)
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- Websites:
- DOH - https://doh.gov.ph/;
- BOQ - https://quarantine.doh.gov.ph/
