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Airlines told to ensure only authorized travelers can enter, exit GCQ areas
Airlines told to ensure only authorized travelers can enter, exit GCQ areas
ABS-CBN News
Published Mar 22, 2021 11:12 AM PHT
Travellers wearing personal protective equipment as a precuation against COVID-19 arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Parańaque City on March 17, 2021. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File
MANILA - The Civil Aeronautics Board said airlines should ensure that passengers going in and out of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and NCR are authorized to do so, following new restrictions as COVID-19 cases surge.
Under the new measure released by the country's coronavirus task force, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and NCR would be placed under general community quarantine where only essential travel is allowed.
GCQ is in effect from March 22 to April 4.
"All air carriers are thus reminded to ensure that departing, arriving or transiting passengers from the said subject areas are traveling for non-leisure purposes," the CAB said.
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Passengers allowed to travel are the following:
Essential workers (just show work ID)
Health and emergency frontline personnel
Duly authorized humanitarian assistance actors
Persons traveling for medical or humanitarian reasons
Persons going to the airport to travel abroad
Anyone crossing zones for work or business and going back home
Returning Overseas Filipino and Overseas Filipino Workers
Airlines are also advised to notify affected passengers of flight changes, the CAB said.
The Philippines on Sunday confirmed an additional 7,757 COVID-19 cases, which brought the total to 663,794.
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