{"id":23534,"date":"2021-10-14T11:27:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23534"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:47:51","slug":"philippines-to-ease-travel-restrictions-for-fully-vaccinated-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-to-ease-travel-restrictions-for-fully-vaccinated-visitors","title":{"rendered":"Philippines to ease travel restrictions for fully vaccinated visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities in The Philippines have said that from today people who have been fully vaccinated will no longer be required to quarantine on arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The government in The Philippines continues to ease Covid-19 restrictions, announcing that foreign visitors from countries considered low risk will no longer be required to quarantine on arrival<\/strong>. Visitors will only need to show a negative Covid-19<\/strong><\/strong> test issued 72 hours before departure<\/strong> and to self-monitor their health for 14 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news comes after President Duterte\u2019s spokesperson Harry Roque said the capital city of Manila<\/a> could ease its current Covid-19 countermeasures<\/a> from October 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although he noted the final decision will be taken by the Inter-Agency Task Force, Roque stated: \u201cFor the first time in many many months, Metro Manila is under moderate risk<\/strong> and that is also a factor to consider in lowering quarantine classification.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If restrictions are lowered to Level 3, casinos, lottery and betting shops, and other gaming venues <\/strong>would be allowed to reopen at 30 per cent of their venue capacity. Under Level 2, capacity will extend to 50 per cent. Only when the city reaches Level 1 will casinos be able to reopen at full capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philippines hopes to reach 70% vaccination rate by February 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III<\/a> has said he expects the Philippines to achieve a 70 per cent vaccination rate<\/strong> for Covid-19 by February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the country is progressing at an average daily rate of nearly 400,000 vaccinations per day<\/strong>, however, the process has been slow due to delays in the arrival of vaccines. To date only 12.2 per cent of the Philippines\u2019 population<\/strong> has been fully vaccinated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several Manila\u2019s IRs have rolled out vaccination programmes<\/strong> in order to get their staff vaccinated. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR<\/a>) has announced a workforce immunisation rate of 94 per cent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities in The Philippines have said that from today people who have been fully vaccinated will no longer be required to quarantine on arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippines is implementing a phased relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, eliminating quarantine for fully vaccinated international arrivals from low-risk jurisdictions and outlining a progressive reopening framework for gaming verticals in Manila. This policy shift, contingent on declining alert levels and supported by robust vaccination drives within the gaming workforce, signals a critical inflection point for the nation's integrated resort and land-based gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"President Duterte, Harry Roque, Inter-Agency Task Force, Department of Health, Francisco Duque III, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR)","focusai_location":"The Philippines, Manila, Metro Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Projections","query":"What are the revised GGR projections for Manila's integrated resorts, considering the phased capacity limits and the anticipated timeline for reaching full operational status?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement","query":"How will PAGCOR ensure stringent enforcement of the phased capacity limits (30-50%) for licensed gaming venues, and what are the specific compliance audit mechanisms in place?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-23534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23560,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534\/revisions\/23560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}