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Dependents of permanent residents now allowed to travel to HK, Macau, S. Korea @ 2020-03-04T16: Back Hot News
Keyword:South Korea travel ban
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AUTHORITIES EARLIER BANNED ALL TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA, EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO LIVE, STUDY OR WORK THERE.
ON SATURDAY, AN ASIANA AIRLINES FLIGHT TO HANOI WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. CHINA HAS RAMPED UP QUARANTINES OF AIR TRAVELERS, WITH A SOUTH KOREAN NEWSPAPER REPORTING THAT MORE THAN 120 SOUTH KOREANS WERE BEING ISOLATED IN A CHINESE HOTEL AS OF SUNDAY.
IT'S NOW BEING REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON THAT APPLE IS ADHERING TO THAT TRAVEL BAN AND HAVE INFORMED EMPLOYEES OF SUCH. BLOOMBERG REPORTS THAT APPLE TOLD EMPLOYEES IN A MEMO: "WE HAVE INSTITUTED SPECIFIC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS IN A FEW COUNTRIES INCLUDING CHINA, SOUTH KOREA, AND ITALY.」
DESPITE THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS INTENSIFYING IN SOUTH KOREA AND ITALY - THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS CHOSEN AGAINST IMPOSING FURTHER TRAVEL BANS.
OUTBOUND FILIPINOS ARE ALSO TEMPORARILY NOT ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO THE ENTIRE SOUTH KOREA. EXEMPTED ARE SOUTH KOREAN PERMANENT RESIDENT VISA HOLDERS, OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, AND STUDENT VISA HOLDERS.
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS RAISED ITS TRAVEL WARNING FOR SOUTH KOREA 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.
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.
「ACTUALLY YAN YUNG NAGING DIFFICULTY NATIN IN IMPLEMENTING DITO SA ARRIVING BECAUSE WHAT』S PARTICULAR ABOUT THIS TRAVEL BAN, IT』S NOT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ANG NAKA-BAN, BUT ONLY SELECTED AREAS NG SOUTH KOREA,」 SANDOVAL SAID IN A PRESS BRIEFING IN MALACANANG.
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.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY IMPOSED LIMITS ON TRAVEL FROM CHINA, BARRED ALL TRAVEL TO IRAN AND ISSUED WARNINGS TO AMERICANS NOT TO TRAVEL TO PARTS OF ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AUTHORIZED THE EXPANSION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST IRAN AND IS NOW RECOMMENDING AMERICANS REFRAINING FROM VISITING REGIONS OF ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA IMPACTED BY THE INFECTIOUS CORONAVIRUS.
THE TRAVEL BAN WAS INITIALLY ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY, AMID RAPIDLY RISING CASES OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE OR COVID-19. ONLY FILIPINOS WHO LIVE, WORK, OR STUDY IN SOUTH KOREA WERE EXEMPTED FROM THE TRAVEL BAN.
THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT ALSO BANNED THE THE ENTRY OF TRAVELERS FROM SOUTH KOREA"S NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRAPPLING WITH AN OUTBREAK OF COVID-19, THE DISEASE CAUSED BY THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS.
SINGAPORE - FROM 11.59PM ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 4), TRAVELLERS WHO HAVE BEEN TO SOUTH KOREA, NORTHERN ITALY AND IRAN WITHIN THE LAST 14 DAYS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER OR TRANSIT THROUGH SINGAPORE, AS THE REPUBLIC RAMPS UP ITS FIGHT AGAINST THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
"I FEEL LIKE EVEN TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I PURCHASED THE FLIGHT, THERE WASN"T HUGE CONCERN IN SOUTH KOREA... ON ONE HAND, I THINK THE MEASURES ARE QUITE INTENSE... THERE"S A LOT OF RAMIFICATIONS ON STOPPING GLOBAL TRAVEL. BUT THEN I THINK IT"S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO CONNECT AND LIVE," HE TOLD NEWSHUB.

 

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