Hong Kong Travel Ban Urged In PH Due To Omicron Variant


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PH Government Urget To Impose Hong Kong Travel Ban Over Omicron TRAVEL BAN – The Philippine government needs to decide if it wants to impose a travel ban on Hong Kong. Recently, the Philippines already announced its list of countries added to the “red list”. Countries on the list are those deemed “high-risk” of COVID-19 transmissions. Currently, Hong Kong, where a large population of OFWs works, is not on the list. However, due to the presence of the Omicron variant, former National Task Force Against COVID-19 adviser Dr. Tony Leachon said: It would be prudent on our part to suspend...