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WHEN ASKED IF FILIPINO TOURISTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO ANY PART OF SOUTH KOREA, HE ANSWERED, "YES, FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY."SOUTH KOREA IS A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR FILIPINO TRAVELERS, ESPCIALLY FANS OF KOREAN DRAMA AND KPOP.
MEANWHILE, THE TRAVEL BAN ON FILIPINO TOURISTS GOING TO SOUTH KOREA IS ALREADY IN FULL SWING AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY. SANDOVAL SAID ONLY PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF SOUTH KOREA, FILIPINOS LEAVING FOR STUDY, AND OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS RETURNING TO WORK WILL BE ALLOWED TO GO TO SOUTH KOREA.
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT RAISED ITS TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR SOUTH KOREA, FROM LEVEL 2 TO LEVEL 3, WHICH MEANS "RECONSIDER TRAVEL." IT CITED THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN SOUTH KOREA.
US. INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND HAS RESTRICTED ALL NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA A DAY AFTER A U.S. SERVICE MEMBER THERE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE MILITARY’S FIRST CONFIRMED CASE, OFFICIALS SAID.
THE UNITED STATES HAS RAISED ITS TRAVEL ADVISORIES FOR SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN, WARNING ABOUT 「SUSTAINED COMMUNITY SPREAD.」 ISRAEL DENIED ENTRY TO 130 SOUTH KOREANS ON BOARD A KOREAN AIR FLIGHT THAT LANDED IN TEL AVIV ON SATURDAY, FORCING THEM TO RETURN HOME ON THE SAME PLANE.
SEOUL, FEB. 26 (YONHAP) -- THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IMPOSING ENTRY BANS ON TRAVELERS WHO RECENTLY VISITED SOUTH KOREA"S SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF DAEGU AND THE NEARBY COUNTY OF CHEONGDO IS ON THE RISE, SEOUL"S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWING A SPIKE IN CONFIRMED NOVEL CORONAVIRUS CASES THERE.
WEDNESDAY"S LEGISLATION ALSO ALLOWS SOUTH KOREA"S MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TO REQUEST THE JUSTICE MINISTRY TO REFUSE ENTRY TO FOREIGN CITIZENS FROM AFFECTED AREAS. SOUTH KOREA HAS BANNED FOREIGN VISITORS WITH TRAVEL HISTORY IN CHINA"S HUBEI PROVINCE, WHERE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN. BUT THE MOVE WAS ON SHAKY LEGAL GROUND, AND THE GOVERNMENT OPTED TO CANCEL EXISTING VISAS AND STOP ISSUING NEW ONES.
THE PHILIPPINES WILL BAN TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA, WHILE ALSO PROHIBITING THE ENTRY OF TRAVELERS COMING FROM NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE.
THE C.D.C. HAS WARNED OLDER AND AT-RISK TRAVELERS TO AVOID JAPAN, ITALY AND IRAN. THE AGENCY ALSO HAS ADVISED AGAINST ALL NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA AND CHINA.
MACAU AND QATAR ON SUNDAY ALSO RAISED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON KOREA. THEY JOINED COUNTRIES LIKE BRUNEI, BRITAIN, TURKMENISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN, OMAN, ETHIOPIA AND UGANDA WHO EARLIER REVEALED BOLSTERED TRAVEL MEASURES SUCH AS SELF-QUARANTINES OR MORE STRINGENT HEALTH CHECKS OF KOREAN TRAVELERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE VISITED SOUTH KOREA RECENTLY.
ITALY CANCELED PUBLIC EVENTS IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE VENICE CARNIVAL AFTER CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS ROSE TO 132 AND A TRAVEL BAN AFFECTING ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE SOUTHEAST OF MILAN WAS IMPLEMENTED. SOUTH KOREA RAISED THE COUNTRY’S INFECTIOUS-DISEASE ALERT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL AFTER A 20-FOLD INCREASE IN CASES IN FIVE DAYS.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT"S TRAVEL ADVISORY WAS RAISED BY ONE NOTCH TO LEVEL 3, THE SECOND-HIGHEST ON A FOUR-TIER SCALE. LEVEL 4 ADVISES PEOPLE NOT TO TRAVEL TO THE DESIGNATED COUNTRY. THE U.S. HAS NOT PUT ANY ENTRY RESTRICTIONS FROM TRAVELERS FROM SOUTH KOREA, HOWEVER.
MANILA ON WEDNESDAY BARRED FILIPINO TOURISTS FROM HEADING TO SOUTH KOREA, EXEMPTING WORKERS, STUDENTS, AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO BARRED INBOUND TRAVELERS FROM THE KOREA'S NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR THE BULK OF ITS CORONAVIRUS CASES.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — AUTHORITIES ARE MULLING A BAN ON TRAVEL TO AND FROM SOUTH KOREA WHERE THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) HAS REACHED 763, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) SAID YESTERDAY.
IRAQI CITIZENS ARE NOW BANNED FROM TRAVELLING TO CHINA, IRAN, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, THAILAND, SINGAPORE, ITALY, BAHRAIN, AND KUWAIT, HEALTH MINISTER JAAFAR ALLAWI SAID IN A DECREE SEEN BY REUTERS.

 

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