The Philippine government announced on April 16 that it would extend the entry ban to foreigners until April 30, in the context that the number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection causing COVID-19 in the country is still At a high level.
People wear masks to prevent COVID-19 infection in Manila, Philippines, on March 20, 2021. Photo: THX / TTXVN The ban began to be enforced on March 20 and was initially expected to be lifted on April 21. However, the Philippines decided to extend the ban for more than a week as the Southeast Asian nation recorded an average of 10,000 new infections a day this week. Accordingly, foreigners are not allowed to enter the Philippines, except for some exceptions such as diplomats, medical staff, sailors working on cargo ships, spouses, children of Filipino citizens. together with them and a number of other humanitarian cases. According to Harry Roque, the Philippine President’s spokesman, the ban does not apply to foreign nationals with a waiver issued by the Philippine Foreign Ministry before March 22. As of April 15, the Philippines recorded a total of 904,285 cases of COVID-19, of which 15,594 were fatal. On the same day, the Government of India announced that the monuments, museums and monuments managed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will be closed until May 15, amid the number of cases. COVID-19 infection is increased in this South Asian country. In a statement, ASI stated: “Due to the raging COVID-19 epidemic, the government decided to close all protected monuments, monuments and museums, under ASI’s control, effective immediately and lasts until 5/15/2021 “. India is seeing an increase in the number of new cases of COVID-19. The Ministry of Health of this country on April 16 announced that the country had recorded 217,353 new infections in the past 24 hours. This is the 8th time that India has recorded a record high daily new cases in the past 9 days. The total number of COVID-19 cases in this country is now nearly 14.3 million, only after the US has more than 31 million cases. The total number of COVID-19 deaths in India also increased by 1,185 to 174,308.
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