Fully vaccinated travellers are allowed entry into the Philippines, after the government pushed back its earlier reopening date because of Omicron surge.
The Philippines has lifted a nearly two-year ban on foreign travellers in a lifesaving boost for its tourism and related industries as its Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 surge eases.Tourists who are fully vaccinated and test negative to the virus will be allowed to enter the PhilippinesOriginally, the reopening was scheduled for December 1 but was pushed back because of Omicron
More than a million Filipinos lost their jobs in tourism businesses and destinations in the first year of the pandemic alone, according to government statistics. Health officials reported about 3,600 infections on Wednesday, with 69 deaths, and have declared the entire archipelago, except for one southern region, at "low to moderate risk".
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