COVID: Philippines to ban travellers from India between April 29 and May 14

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New Delhi (NVI): In order to prevent the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, the Philippines will ban travellers coming from India from April 29 to May 14, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said today.

Roque said that people coming from India or those with travel history to that country within the last 14 days before arrival will be banned.

“Travellers coming from India or those with travel history to that country within the last 14 days before arrival will be banned from entering the Philippines from April 29 to May 14,” Roque said in a statement.

India recorded 323,144 cases today which pushed the countries total tally to 17,636,307.

The death toll reached 197,894 as the nation recorded 2,771 daily new fatalities.

–PRT