Philippine suspends all commercial flights beginning 8:00am, May 3, 2020

The Philippine government suspended all commercial flights to and from the country starting 8a.m. on Sunday, May 3 to further curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

The advisory released late night of May 2, 2020 11:50pm states that:

All Passenger/Commercial flights to and from the Philippines suspended beginning 8:00am, May 3, 2020

To help further mitigate the spread of the deadly Corona Virus in the country, the Philippine Government, through Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., Chief Implementer of the National Taskforce Against COVID-19, has decided to temporarily suspend all commercial/passenger flights to and from the country beginning 8:00am of May 3, 2020.

Cargo flights, medical supplies, utility, and maintenance flights will remain unhampered.

No additional guidelines were issued regarding the order.

However, it said that flights dealing with cargo, medical supplies, utilities and maintenance flights will remain unhampered.

Several parts of the country have were declared under general community quarantine and eased their lockdown or quarantine measures since Friday, May 1.

Enhanced community quarantine remained in effect in other areas including Metro Manila, Davao City and Cebu, where major international airports are located.

Some embassies of the Philippines in other countries also release an announcement regarding the suspension of flights to and from the Philippines