Philippines extends travel curb on foreigners until April 30

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/04/16/20210317-covid-naia-travel-jc-11.jpg' ><figcaption>Travellers wearing personal protective equipment as a precuation against COVID-19 arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Parañaque City on March 17, 2021.<em> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File </em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA—The Philippines is extending its ban on the entry of foreign nationals until the end of April, Malacañang said on Friday, as the country battled a surge in coronavirus infections. </p><p>The travel ban, which took effect on March 22, was initially set to end on April 21. </p><p>But the inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response approved "the extension of the temporary suspension of foreign nationals until April 30, 2021," said Palace spokesman Harry Roque. </p><p>"Foreign nationals with valid entry exemption documents duly issued by the DFA prior to March 22, 2021 will be allowed entry to the Philippines," he said in a statement. </p><p>Roque earlier said that exceptions include: </p><ul>	<li> diplomats, </li>	<li> members of international organizations and their dependents, </li>	<li> foreigners involved in medical repatriation, </li>	<li> foreign seafarers under green lane programs for crew change, </li>	<li> foreign spouses and children of Filipinos traveling with them, </li>	<li>and emergency or humanitarian cases, </li></ul><p>All Filipinos are <a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/19/21/palace-says-all-filipinos-allowed-to-enter-ph-even-as-covid-19-cases-climb'>allowed </a>to return to the Philippines, Malacañang has said. </p><p>The Civil Aeronautics Board capped passenger arrivals at Manila's international airport to a maximum of 1,500 per day until April 19 to help arrest the spread of COVID-19. </p><p>The country has logged a total of 904,285 coronavirus infections, of which 183,527 or 20.3 percent were active cases as of Thursday, the Department of Health (DOH) said in its latest bulletin </p><p>The agency also reported 148 new COVID-related deaths, pushing the country's coronavirus death toll to 15,594. </p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/15/21/total-covid-19-cases-in-ph-breach-900000-mark-with-11429-new-infections'>Total COVID-19 cases in PH breach 900,000 mark with 11,429 new infections</a></li></ul><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=1643159' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>"Foreign nationals with valid entry exemption documents duly issued by the DFA prior to March 22, 2021 will be allowed entry to the Philippines," he said in a statement. </p><p>Roque earlier said that exceptions include: </p><ul>	<li> diplomats, </li>	<li> members of international organizations and their dependents, </li>	<li> foreigners involved in medical repatriation, </li>	<li> foreign seafarers under green lane programs for crew change, </li>	<li> foreign spouses and children of Filipinos traveling with them, </li>	<li>and emergency or humanitarian cases, </li></ul><p>All Filipinos are <a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/19/21/palace-says-all-filipinos-allowed-to-enter-ph-even-as-covid-19-cases-climb'>allowed </a>to return to the Philippines, Malacañang has said. </p><p>The Civil Aeronautics Board capped passenger arrivals at Manila's international airport to a maximum of 1,500 per day until April 19 to help arrest the spread of COVID-19. </p><p>The country has logged a total of 904,285 coronavirus infections, of which 183,527 or 20.3 percent were active cases as of Thursday, the Department of Health (DOH) said in its latest bulletin </p><p>The agency also reported 148 new COVID-related deaths, pushing the country's coronavirus death toll to 15,594. </p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/15/21/total-covid-19-cases-in-ph-breach-900000-mark-with-11429-new-infections'>Total COVID-19 cases in PH breach 900,000 mark with 11,429 new infections</a></li></ul><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=1643159' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The travel ban, which took effect on March 22, was initially set to end on April 21. </p><p>But the inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response approved "the extension of the temporary suspension of foreign nationals until April 30, 2021," said Palace spokesman Harry Roque. </p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/04/16/20210317-covid-naia-travel-jc-11.jpg' ><figcaption>Travellers wearing personal protective equipment as a precuation against COVID-19 arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Parañaque City on March 17, 2021.<em> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File </em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br>MANILA—The Philippines is extending its ban on the entry of foreign nationals until the end of April, Malacañang said on Friday, as the country battled a surge in coronavirus infections. </p>

<p>The travel ban, which took effect on March 22, was initially set to end on April 21. </p>

The travel ban, which took effect on March 22, was initially set to end on April 21.

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Philippines extends travel curb on foreigners until April 30

Philippines extends travel curb on foreigners until April 30