COVID-19 Update: Philippines

30 Dec 2020 / Philippines

IATF RESOLUTION NO.90

  • All flights from the United Kingdom shall be temporarily suspended until December 31, 2020. Effective 0001H of December 24, 2020, Manila Time, until December 31, 2020, all passengers who have been in the United Kingdom within 14 days immediately preceding arrival to the Philippines, including those merely transiting the same, are likewise temporarily restricted from entering the Philippines for the same period.
  • Effective immediately, passengers already in transit from the United Kingdom and all those who have been to the same within 14 days immediately preceding arrival to the Philippines, who arrive before 0001H of December 24, 2020, shall not be subject to the above restriction from entry, but shall nevertheless be required to undergo stricter quarantine and testing protocols i.e. the observation of an absolute fourteen-day quarantine period which shall be at the Athlete’s Village in the New Clark City notwithstanding a negative Reverse Transcription - Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) result.
  • Outbound travel to the United Kingdom shall be subject to the existing exit protocols of the Philippines as well as those of the United Kingdom.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

  • All ships from the United Kingdom are temporarily prohibited to conduct crew changes until 31 December 2020. Effective 0001H of December 24, 2020, Manila Time, until December 31, 2020, all seafarers who have been in the United Kingdom within 14 days immediately preceding arrival to the Philippines, including those merely transiting the same, are likewise temporarily restricted from entering the Philippines for the same period.
  • Effective immediately, seafarers already in transit from the United Kingdom and all those who have been to the same within 14 days immediately preceding arrival to the Philippines, who arrive before 0001H of December 24, 2020, shall not be subject to the above restriction from entry, but shall nevertheless be required to undergo stricter quarantine and testing protocols i.e. the observation of an absolute 14-day quarantine period which shall be at the quarantine facility in Eva Macapagal Super Terminal notwithstanding a negative RT-PCR Test Result.
  • In this regard, ships carrying seafarers that fall under this classification are only allowed to conduct crew changes at Port of Manila.
  • Outbound travel of seafarers to the United Kingdom shall be subject to the existing exit protocols of the Philippines as well as those of the United Kingdom.

For details of the crew change protocol, as well as information about operations in the Philippines, contact GAC Philippines at [email protected]

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