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Author: He Wenhan
2020-02-17 13:59
Last updated: 2020-02-17 14:00The Philippine government plans to lift the travel ban imposed on Hong Kong and Macau. Philippine Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin Jr. wrote on Twitter on February 15 that it was time to allow Filipino workers to return to work in Hong Kong with their employers. He said Hong Kong has better epidemic prevention facilities and promised that the government would review them within two weeks.
Philippine Foreign Minister Lochin said on Twitter on February 15 that the government would review the travel ban on Hong Kong and Macau within two weeks. The picture shows Lochin addressing the Philippine Senate on February 6. (AP)
After the first death of a new type of coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) outside China occurred on February 2, the Philippines further tightened entry restrictions on the same day, prohibiting visitors from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau from entering, and Filipino citizens were also banned In the three places, a large number of Filipino helpers cannot come to Hong Kong.
Philippine Tourism Minister Bernadette Romulo-Puyat accepted a CNN Philippines interview on the 15th that the government was studying the removal of the travel ban on Hong Kong and Macau.
Romulus Puyata said the lifting of the ban will be based on Hong Kong and Macau measures to control the epidemic. She cited Taiwan as an example, saying that Taiwan has the ability to prove to the Philippines that Taiwan's measures have been tightened, because before the Chinese people could transfer to the Philippines via Taiwan without any testing.
Romulus-Puyata pointed out that Hong Kong and Macau have not yet met the conditions set by the Philippines Intersectoral New Task Force on Management of Infectious Diseases.
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