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Philippines extends travel ban to 10 countries including Nepal until September 5


01 September 2021  

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MANILA: The Philippines has extended travel restrictions on inbound travelers coming from 10 countries until September 5, 2021, Malacañang announced Tuesday.

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte approved the extension of travel bans imposed on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

“These travel restrictions form part of the pro-active measures to slow down the rising number of COVID-19 cases, stop further spread of variants, and increase the country’s existing healthcare capacity,” Roque said in a statement, Inquirer.net reported.

The travel restrictions were supposed to lapse on Tuesday, August 31. The government earlier imposed these restrictions to prevent the entry of the COVID-19 double-mutant Delta variant first detected in India.

So far, Philippine health authorities have detected a total of 1,789 cases of the Delta variant in the country.

The World Health Organization said the highly contagious Delta variant is now the most dominant variant in the Philippines, confirming community transmission of it in the country.

(with inputs from Agencies)

Publish Date : 01 September 2021 20:55 PM

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