Philippines imposes travel ban on Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Ederlina Paraiso, 81, gets a shot of China's Sinovac coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at home, administered by health workers at Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 5, 2021. Photo: Reuters
The Philippines will ban the entry of travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka from May 7 to May 14 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus variant first detected in India, the president's office said on Wednesday.
Travellers coming directly from those countries, or with a history of travel to any of them within the last 14 days, would be barred from entering, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said in a memorandum.
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