MANILA – Malacañang announced on Monday that the Philippines is now accepting and recognizing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination certificates from eight more nations.
According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, also acting presidential spokesperson, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved on Sunday the recognition of the national Covid-19 vaccination certificates of Egypt, Maldives, Palau, Albania, Estonia, Greece, Malta, and Uruguay “for purposes of arrival quarantine protocols, as well as for interzonal/intrazonal movement.”
The vaccination certificates, he said, will be an addition to other countries, territories, and jurisdictions whose proofs of vaccination the IATF has already approved for recognition in the Philippines, and without prejudice to such other proofs of vaccination approved by the IATF for all inbound travelers.
He added that the Bureau of Quarantine, the Department of Transportation-One-Stop-Shop, and the Bureau of Immigration have been instructed to accept only the proofs of vaccination approved by the IATF.
The IATF earlier said the Philippines will accept the vaccination certificates from Argentina, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Portugal, and Spain.
Vaccination certificates from Azerbaijan, Macau SAR, Syria, Malaysia, Ireland, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, Timor Leste, Slovenia, Bahrain, Qatar, Switzerland, and Hong Kong will also be recognized.
The Philippines logged 1,712 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, recording the lowest daily count the country has tallied this year.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases is now 3,652,203, with 3,535,987 recoveries and 55,684 fatalities.
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