MALACAÑANG has released a list of 57 "green" countries, jurisdictions and territories, which are considered as low risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Fully vaccinated travelers from these countries may undergo a shortened facility-based quarantine of only seven days, instead of the 10 days of facility quarantine and additional four days of home quarantine for inbound travelers.
They will undergo a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test for Sars-CoV-2 only if they exhibit symptoms of Covid-19.
Otherwise, they will be released after seven days.
The list includes:
Albania
American Samoa
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Azerbaijan
Barbados
Benin
Bermuda
The British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Cayman Islands
Chad
China
Comoros
Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Curacao
Dominica
Eswatini
Falkland Islands
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Greenland
Grenada,
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)
Iceland
Isle of Man
Israel
Laos
Liechtenstein
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Federated States of Micronesia
Montserrat
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Romania
Saba (Special Municipality of the Kingdom of Netherlands)
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Singapore
Saint Eustatius
South Korea
Taiwan
Togo
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
Vietnam
An individual is considered fully vaccinated at least two weeks after receiving the second dose of a two-dose vaccine against Covid-19 or the single-dose vaccine. (Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo / VoxPop Philippines)