Oman and UAE now included in PH’s ‘green list’

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved placing Oman and United Arab Emirates under the green list category, effective November 16.

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement on the updated list of Green Countries on Friday morning.

Oman is now part of the list together with UAE, Pakistan, India and Japan.

Under the IATF guidelines, travellers from green lane countries are no longer required for facility-based quarantine.

“For fully vaccinated Filipinos, they can choose facility-based quarantine until the release of a negative RT-PCR test taken in the quarantine facility upon arrival, or no facility-based quarantine after getting a negative RT-PCR test within 72 hours prior to departure from the country of origin but the passenger is enjoined to self-monitor for any symptoms until the 14th day,” Roque said in a previous statement.

Included in the Green List are American Samoa, Bhutan, Chad, China (Mainland), Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Federated States of Micronesia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China), India, Indonesia, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Montserrat, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sint Eustatius, South Africa, Sudan, Taiwan, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Faroe Islands and The Netherlands are the only two areas that are currently in the Red List.

Below is the copy of the IATF Resolution No. 148 A

Watch Roque’s announcement of the updated green list: