{"id":64215,"date":"2022-02-03T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=64215"},"modified":"2022-02-03T18:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:03:18","slug":"boracay-lifts-rt-pcr-tests-for-fully-vaxx-travelers-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2022\/02\/03\/boracay-lifts-rt-pcr-tests-for-fully-vaxx-travelers-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Boracay Lifts RT-PCR Tests for Fully Vaxx Travelers; Here&#8217;s What You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite raising the Alert Level from 2 to 3, the province of Aklan still lifted RT-PCR (Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) tests for fully vaccinated tourists starting February 1.<\/p>\n<p>In the amended Executive Order No. 001-A, Series of 2022, Governor Florencio &#8220;Joeben&#8221; Tumbocon Miraflores announced that only unvaccinated and partially vaccinated travelers are required to take RT-PCR tests.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, for those fully vaccinated travelers, proof of vaccination is required. It can be from VaxCertPH COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate, locally issued vaccination card, or the World Health Organization International Certificates of Vaccination and Prophylaxis\/Vaccination card issued abroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64216\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/246976994_3158786951052366_7074720313694917475_n-e1643879179152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/246976994_3158786951052366_7074720313694917475_n-e1643879179152.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/246976994_3158786951052366_7074720313694917475_n-e1643879179152-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/246976994_3158786951052366_7074720313694917475_n-e1643879179152-1024x898.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/246976994_3158786951052366_7074720313694917475_n-e1643879179152-768x673.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Boracay sunset\/IMAGE from the Department of Tourism<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the original, Executive Order No. 001 both vaccinated and unvaccinated tourists are required to have negative RT-PCR tests in order to enter the island of Boracay.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made to align and to welcome all fully vaccinated returning Filipinos and foreigners from countries with visa-free entry who may enter the Philippines starting this month.<\/p>\n<p>In the press briefing of Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles last Sunday, he announced that the National Capital Region (NCR) and seven provinces (Batanes, Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal in Luzon; Biliran and Southern Leyte in the Visayas; and Basilan in Mindanao) will be put under Alert Level 2 starting this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1166669\"><em>PH to accept fully vaxxed returning Filipinos, foreigners starting Feb.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64217\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-03-at-4.32.22-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-03-at-4.32.22-PM.png 525w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-03-at-4.32.22-PM-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Executive Order No. 001-A, Series of 2022\/IMAGE from Aklan.gov.ph<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to IATF-EID, the following cities and provinces will be placed under Alert Level 3:<\/p>\n<p>* Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR): Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Baguio City;<br \/>\n* Region 1 (Ilocos Region): Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan, and Dagupan City;<br \/>\n* Region 2 (Cagayan Valley): Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and City of Santiago;<br \/>\n* Region 3 (Central Luzon): Aurora, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Angeles City, and Olongapo City;<br \/>\n* Region 4-A (Calabarzon): Batangas, Laguna, Quezon Province, and Lucena City;<br \/>\n* Region 4-B (Mimaropa): Marinduque, Romblon, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro and Puerto Princesa City;<br \/>\n* Region 5 (Bicol): Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, Sorsogon, and Naga City.<br \/>\n* Region 6 (Western Visayas): Aklan, Antique, Bacolod City, Capiz, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, and Iloilo City;<br \/>\n* Region 7 (Central Visayas): Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Mandaue City;<br \/>\n* Region 8 (Eastern Visayas): Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Ormoc City, and Tacloban City;<br \/>\n* Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula): Zamboanga Del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, City of Isabela, and Zamboanga City;<br \/>\n* Region 10 (Northern Mindanao): Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City, and Iligan City;<br \/>\n* Region 11 (Davao): Davao Del Sur, Davao Del Norte, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, and Davao City;<br \/>\n* Region 12 (Soccsksargen): North Cotabato, Sarangani, South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat, and General Santos City;<br \/>\n* Region 13 (Caraga): Surigao del Norte, Surigao Del Sur, Agusan Del Norte, Agusan del Sur and Butuan City; and<br \/>\n* Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Maguindanao, Lanao Del Sur, and Cotabato City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The province of Aklan announced that fully vaccinated travelers don&#8217;t need negative RT-PCR test results before they can enter Boracay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,12985],"tags":[15532,15356,15294,713,15534],"class_list":["post-64215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-covid-19-daily-update","tag-aklan","tag-alert-level-2","tag-alert-level-3","tag-boracay","tag-southern-leyte"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/246976994_3158786951052366_7074720313694917475_n-e1643879179152.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64215"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64229,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64215\/revisions\/64229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}