The Philippines has extended the travel ban for all inbound travelers from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until July 31, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Wednesday.
In a televised press conference, Roque said that the inter-agency coronavirus task force has approved the extension of the travel ban on these seven “high-risk” countries to prevent the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant first found in India.
The Philippines has detected the Delta variant in the samples taken from 19 returning Filipinos. No community transmission has been reported so far.
The Philippines has extended five times the travel restrictions to these countries severely hit by the Delta variant to prevent the spread of the more contagious variant in the country.
The Philippines has reported a total of 1,481,660 confirmed cases as of Tuesday, including 26,092 deaths.
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