“Local government units have the discretion to require COVID-19 tests for incoming tourists, even those fully vaccinated.”
Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Claim dated 2 Jul 2021.
Vera Files rated thisFlip-flop
What Vera Files found
Vaccination cards or certificates of quarantine completion are "sufficient alternative[s]" to COVID-19 tests before travel or upon arrival at the destination.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases made this claim around 2 July 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 13 July 2021, 11 days later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Where the claim appeared
- officialgazette.gov.phhttps://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2021/07jul/20210702-IATF-RESO-124B-RRD.pdf
- officialgazette.gov.phhttps://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2021/07jul/20210708-IATF-Resolution-125-RRD.…
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