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PAL keeps PH-SKorea flights under new guidelines – The Manila Times @ 2020-02-28T12: Back Hot News
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IMMIGRATION SPOKESPERSON DANA SANDOVAL TOLD CNN PHILIPPINES ON THURSDAY THAT TRAVELERS FROM DAEGU AND NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE ARE STILL ALLOWED TO ENTER THE PHILIPPINES AS THE BUREAU IRONS OUT LOGISTICAL ISSUES ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE BAN. SHE SAID THE SCENARIO IS DIFFERENT FROM WHEN THE PHILIPPINES IMPLEMENTED RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL TO AND FROM CHINA, HONG KONG, AND MACAU. THIS TIME, THE BAN IS IMPOSED ONLY ON SELECTED PARTS OF SOUTH KOREA.
“THE TRAVEL BAN TO KOREA IS PENDING FULL IMPLEMENTATION AS WE ARE WAITING FOR THE COPY OF THE EID RESOLUTION (REFERRING TO THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE), AS WELL AS CLARIFICATION ON HOW TO TARGET ARRIVING PASSENGERS COMING FROM DAEGU AND NORTH GYEONGSANG,” IMMIGRATION SPOKESPERSON DANA SANDOVAL SAID.
DONALD TRUMP SAID WEDNESDAY HE WAS CONSIDERING US TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA OVER CORONAVIRUS FEARS, ADDING THE SITUATION WOULD NOT INEVITABLY WORSEN IN THE UNITED STATES.
WORD OF THE FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS CAME SHORTLY AFTER THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ISSUED A LEVEL 3 NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL WARNING FOR ALL OF SOUTH KOREA DUE TO THE RISING NUMBER OF COVID-19 PATIENTS THERE. THE CDC MADE THE RECOMMENDATION ON MONDAY, SAYING THERE WAS 「LIMITED ACCESS TO ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE IN AFFECTED AREAS.」
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ISSUED A LEVEL 2 TRAVEL ADVISORY. WHILE IT TELLS PEOPLE TO TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN TRAVELING TO SOUTH KOREA, IT HASN’T PUT RESTRICTIONS ON PEOPLE COMING FROM THE COUNTRY TO THE U.S. TRAVELERS TO AMERICAN SAMOA WILL BE REQUIRED TO SELF-QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS IN HAWAII IF THEY VISITED SOUTH KOREA WITHIN 14 DAYS AND NEED TO SUBMIT MEDICAL DOCUMENTS THREE DAYS BEFORE ENTERING THE TERRITORY.
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PANELO SAID THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE TRAVEL BAN TO SOUTH KOREA, WHICH WAS DECIDED DURING THE MEETING OF THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. SOUTH KOREA HAS THE SECOND MOST NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES AFTER CHINA, WITH 1,146 CORONAVIRUS CASES.
AS OF SUNDAY, 13 SOUTH KOREAN SERVICE MEMBERS HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS, SOUTH KOREAN DEFENSE MINISTER JEONG KYEONG-DOO SAID AT A PENTAGON NEWS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY.
A WORKER AT MANILA"S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLEANING CHAIRS AT THE BOARDING AREA ON FEBRUARY 23. THE PHILIPPINES HAS THREE CONFIRMED CASES AND ONE DEATH FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. THE COUNTRY HAS ISSUED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE ASIA OUTBREAK; MOST RECENTLY, IT ANNOUNCED A BAN ON TRAVELERS FROM THE NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE OF SOUTH KOREA, WHERE NUMBERS OF CASES HAVE BEEN CLIMBING.
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.
THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE (DFAT) ON MONDAY UPGRADED THE TRAVEL ADVICE FOR AUSTRALIANS TRAVELLING TO SOUTH KOREA, URGING THEM TO "EXERCISE A HIGH DEGREE OF CAUTION DUE TO THE HEIGHTENED RISK OF SUSTAINED LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF CORONAVIRUS".
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID ON WEDNESDAY THE UNITED STATES MAY IN THE FUTURE HAVE TO RESTRICT TRAVEL TO ITALY, SOUTH KOREA AND OTHER COUNTRIES DUE TO OUTBREAKS OF THE CORONAVIRUS BUT NOW WAS NOT THE RIGHT TIME.
PRIME MINISTER CHUNG SYE-KYUN HAD URGED PEOPLE ON SATURDAY TO COMPLY WITH A BAN ON LARGE PROTESTS IN SEOUL, THE CAPITAL, WHERE LARGE POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS ARE COMMONPLACE. BUT THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS DEFIED THE BAN THAT DAY, GATHERING FOR THEIR WEEKLY PROTEST AGAINST MR. MOON, WHOM THEY ACCUSE OF CODDLING NORTH KOREA AND MISMANAGING THE ECONOMY.
THERE IS A STRONG PUSH, PARTICULARLY AMONG CONSERVATIVE PARTIES, TO IMPLEMENT A BROADER BAN ON ALL CHINESE TRAVELERS. THERE ARE MORE THAN 760,000 PETITIONS ON THE PRESIDENT"S OFFICE WEBSITE ASKING FOR THE TRAVEL BAN.
ANYONE WHO TRAVELS TO SOUTH KOREA DURING THE TEMPORARY BAN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN TO ANY SU BUILDING OR FACILITY FOR 14 DAYS TO ALLOW FOR SELF-MONITORING FOR ANY CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS, SU SAID IN AN EMAIL SENT TO STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES THIS MORNING.
ISRAEL ON SUNDAY ANNOUNCED A TRAVEL BAN STARTING MONDAY ON ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO HAVE BEEN IN KOREA IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. ISRAEL EARLIER IMPOSED SIMILAR ENTRY BANS ON JAPAN, CHINA, HONG KONG, MACAU, THAILAND AND SINGAPORE.

 

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