MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has expanded its travel restrictions to Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh in a bid to prevent the entry of the “double-mutant” new coronavirus variant first detected in India, Malacaang said Wednesday.
In a memorandum from Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, the travel ban on passengers from these four countries will take effect starting Friday, May 7, until May 14.
Travelers from these nations arriving before May 7 are required to undergo an “absolute facility-based” 14-day quarantine, notwithstanding a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) result.
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