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Philippines includes UAE, Hungary in travel ban

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/01/15/emirates.jpg"/><figcaption>Emirates airliners are seen on the tarmac in a general view of Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Jan. 13, 2021. Picture taken through a window. <em>Abdel Hadi Ramahi, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—The Philippines has imposed travel restrictions on Hungary and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), part of a move meant to arrest the spread of a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant, Malacañang said on Friday.</p><p>President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s office banned the entry into the country of foreign travelers coming from or who have been to the 2 countries 14 days before arriving in the Philippines, effective January 17, 2021, 12:01 a.m., Manila time until Jan. 31, 2021, said his spokesman Harry Roque.</p><p>The Philippines this week confirmed its first case of the new COVID-19 variant in a Filipino who had returned from Dubai.</p><p>The government has banned until the end of the month the entry of foreign travelers from <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/15/21/philippines-extends-travel-curbs-until-month-end-over-new-covid-19-variant">32 other countries</a> that reported the variant first detected in the United Kingdom</p><p>Filipinos from areas with travel restrictions are still allowed to return to the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;However, they shall be required to undergo an absolute, facility-based, 14-day quarantine period, even if they obtain a negative RT-PCR test result,&quot; Roque said in a statement.</p><p>All unaccompanied minor Filipino citizens coming from countries or jurisdictions where travel restrictions are in place &quot;shall not be allowed boarding by the airlines until Jan. 31, 2021, except minors returning through the repatriation program of the national government,&quot; he added.</p><p>&quot;These repatriated minors shall be turned over to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration house parent who, in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), shall ensure the minors’ safety and their observance of quarantine protocols,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/15/21/philippines-expands-contact-tracing-efforts-to-combat-new-covid-19-variant">Philippines expands contact-tracing efforts to combat new COVID-19 variant</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fZ0NRogCihI?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The government has banned until the end of the month the entry of foreign travelers from 32 other countries that reported the variant first detected in the UK.</p>

The government has banned until the end of the month the entry of foreign travelers from 32 other countries that reported the variant first detected in the UK.

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Philippines includes UAE, Hungary in travel ban

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 15, 2021 09:43 PM PHT

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