The Philippines government will ban foreigners and returning citizens from March 20 until April 19 amid a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- Foreign visitors will not be allowed to enter<\/strong> the Philippines from March 20 until April 19<\/strong> due to a measure implemented as Covid-19 cases <\/strong>rise and new variants of the virus begin to appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The government will only allow entry to credited officials of foreign governments<\/strong>, Filipino workers<\/strong> returning from overseas and cases that are considered to be an emergency<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although Metro Manila and nine other areas in The Philippines are under general community quarantine<\/a><\/em> for the whole of March, the Entertainment City casino zone has been able to conduct limited gaming operations<\/strong>. This could be affected by the ban on foreign visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Okada Manila<\/strong> is not allowing entry to pregnant women, people with health risks and people under 18 years old from March 17 to March 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n City of Dreams Manila<\/strong> has taken a similar decision and stated that anyone that has booked hotel accommodation will be required to present a negative result from a rapid antigen Covid-19 test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Philippines has reported 631,320 cases of Covid-19 <\/strong>and over 4,000 new cases of infection in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Covid-19 pandemic<\/strong> and problems encountered by the offshore gaming operations <\/strong>have negatively impacted the Philippines gambling industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Casinos were closed for months<\/strong> and online gambling operators began leaving The Philippines<\/a><\/em> last year after legislators tried to impose new taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhilippines gambling industry at risk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n