Vax certs of Romania, British Virgin Islands now recognized in PH

MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the Covid-19 vaccination certificates of Romania and the British Virgin Islands, Malacañang announced on Thursday.

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, acting presidential spokesperson, said the IATF’s approval is for purposes of arrival quarantine protocols, as well as for interzonal and intrazonal movement.

“This is in addition to other countries/territories/jurisdictions whose proofs of vaccination the IATF has already approved for recognition in the Philippines, and without prejudice to such other proofs of vaccination approved by the IATF for all inbound travelers,” Nograles said in a statement,

He added that the IATF has already directed the Bureau of Quarantine, the Department of Transportation’s One-Stop-Shop, and Bureau of Immigration “to recognize only the proofs of vaccination thus approved by the IATF.”

On Monday, the IATF approved the acceptance of the national Covid-19 vaccination certificate of Egypt, Maldives, Palau, Albania, Estonia, Greece, Malta, and Uruguay.

Earlier, the IATF said the Philippines also honors the vaccination certificates of Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Syria, and the Chinese semi-autonomous region of Macau, Malaysia, Ireland, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, Timor Leste, Slovenia, Bahrain, Qatar, Switzerland, and Hong Kong.