Restrictions for travelers from Indonesia

15 Jul 2021 / Philippines

All passengers coming from or who have been to Indonesia within fourteen (14) days immediately preceding arrival in the Philippines, except Filipinos returning pursuant to government-initiated repatriation programs, or as part of non-government repatriation programs and special commercial flights allowed under existing IATD resolutions, shall be prohibited from entering the country effective 1201H of 16 July until 2359H of 31 July.

Effective immediately, all passengers who have been to Indonesia within 14 days immediately preceding arrival in the Philippines, arriving before 1201H of 16 July 2021 Manila time, shall not be prohibited from entering the Philippines, but shall be required to undergo and absolute facility-based 14-day quarantine period notwithstanding a negative RT-PCR test.

Filipinos and foreign passengers merely transiting through Indonesia shall be subject to the following rules:
1. All passengers merely transiting through Indonesia shall not be deemed as having come from or having been to said country, provided that they stayed in the airport the whole time and were not cleared for entry into such country by its immigration authorities;
and
2. Upon arrival in the Philippines, passengers covered by the immediately preceding paragraph need not complete a full 14-day facility-based quarantine, but shall comply with existing testing and quarantine protocols of the national government…

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Source: Extract from Office of the President of the Philippines Memorandum dated 14 July 2021

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