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PH allows Filipinos with medical emergencies to come home from nations with COVID variant

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/01/18/20201222-naia-christmas-covid-md-23.jpg"/><figcaption>A limited number of passengers pass through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on December 22, 2020, 3 days before Christmas. The volume of passengers going to the provinces for the holidays drastically dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Filipinos with medical emergencies arriving from countries with new COVID-19 variants are allowed to enter the Philippines as long as they follow strict pandemic protocols, the government said Monday.</p><p>The Philippines had extended until the end of the month a ban on travelers from 32 countries earlier included in the restriction to halt the spread of more contagious COVID-19 variants.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/15/21/philippines-extends-travel-curbs-until-month-end-over-new-covid-19-variant">Philippines extends travel curbs until month-end over new COVID-19 variant</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/16/21/emergency-essential-travelers-bigyang-konsiderasyon-sa-ph-travel-restrictions">&#x27;Emergency, essential travelers bigyang-konsiderasyon sa PH travel restrictions&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>The Department of Health earlier recommended &quot;a strict mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers from countries&quot; with reported cases of the new variant.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/13/21/ph-detects-new-covid-variant-doh">UK COVID-19 variant now in the Philippines, says DOH</a></li></ul><p>Foreign spouses of Filipinos cannot enter the country unless it&#x27;s a medical emergency, said National Task Force spokesperson Retired Gen. Restituto Padilla.</p><p>&quot;Ang pwede po ay medical emergencies. Meron pong provision sa pinalabas na mga abiso, na pag meron pong emergency lalo na po &#x27;yung medical, maaaring payagan provided na makipagcoordinate lang sa mga awtoridad,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>(Medical emergencies are allowed. There provisions in the guidelines that if there&#x27;s an emergency, especially if it&#x27;s medical, they might be allowed if they coordinate with authorities.)</p><p>Filipino migrant workers are still discouraged to return home for vacation as they would have to undergo a strict 14-day quarantine, Padilla said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/02/21/dfa-to-filipinos-abroad-postpone-trips-home-amid-travel-limits-over-new-covid-19-variant">DFA to Filipinos abroad: Postpone trips home amid travel limits over new COVID-19 variant</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/04/21/15-days-ang-bakasyon-pero-14-days-quarantine-kaya-ilang-ofws-di-na-umuwi">15 days ang bakasyon pero 14 days quarantine kaya ilang OFWs di na umuwi</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Ang abiso po ay wag na po tutuloy kasi di lang po tayo ang naghihigpit... Iniingatan po natin ang pagkalat ng mga bagong variant na ito,&quot; he said.</p><p>(The advise is not to come home because we&#x27;re not th eonly ones with restrictions...We want to avoid the spread of these new variants.)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3rZFsQgzg38?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></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>Filipinos with medical emergencies arriving from countries with new COVID-19 variants are allowed to enter the Philippines as long as they follow strict pandemic protocols, the government said Monday.</p>

Filipinos with medical emergencies arriving from countries with new COVID-19 variants are allowed to enter the Philippines as long as they follow strict pandemic protocols, the government said Monday.