The Philippines praised Taiwan’s epidemic prevention and announced “countries with low epidemic risk” that are included in the “green list”

CNN Philippines reported that Philippine Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the "Emerging Infectious Diseases Inter-Agency Task Force" (IATF, 新興傳染病跨部會專案小組) has updated the list of "green" countries and regions with low epidemic risk.

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The Philippines announces the "countries with low epidemic risk." Photo/Retrieved from Facebook

"Green" countries and regions include American Samoa, Anguilla, Australia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Chad, China, Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Falkland Islands, Gabon, Grenada, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hungary, Mali, Federated States of Micronesia, Montserrat, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Poland, Saba, St. Bill and Miquelon, Republic of Sierra Leone, St. Eustatius, Slovakia, and Taiwan.

The IATF stated earlier that all travelers from green areas who have been fully vaccinated will only need to be quarantined in the facility for 7 days after arriving in the Philippines.

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The IATF also recently approved new classifications of the "yellow list" and "red list", which are countries with moderate and high risks of the COVID-19 epidemic, respectively. Passengers from yellow regions must be quarantined at the facility for 10 days and then quarantined at home for 4 days. As for passengers from red regions, except for overseas nationals of the Philippines, they are not allowed to enter the Philippines.