IATF releases list of 'green' states

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 30)— The Inter-Agency Task Force on Wednesday released the official list of areas considered as “green” or "low-risk" countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

These are the following: Albania, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Benin, Belize, The British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cayman Islands, Chad, China, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Eswatini, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Grenada, Hong Kong, Iceland, Isle of Man, Israel, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Rwanda, Saba, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Singapore, Sint Eustatius, South Korea, Taiwan, Togo, Turks and Caicos Islands (UK), Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

The task force earlier said individuals who completed their vaccination abroad and stayed exclusively within these states 14 days prior to their arrival will be subject to a shorter, seven-day facility-based quarantine starting July.

They will be strictly monitored for symptoms while under quarantine, according to the IATF, then asked to self-monitor for another seven days.

Passengers must also undergo RT-PCR testing on their fifth day under quarantine in the accredited facility, the task force added.

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