CLASSIFICATION OF

QUARANTINE IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 In the original classification

system, the strictest

community quarantines is

the "enhanced community

COVID-19 community quarantines in the
quarantine" (ECQ), which
Philippines are series of stay-at-home orders

and cordon sanitaire measures implemented by effectively is a total

the government of the Philippines through its
lockdown.
Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of

Emerging Infectious Diseases. Previously, the

original classification system introduced in 2020

had four main tiers of quarantine that were

implemented until November 2021. It has since

been replaced with the alert level system (ALS)

that was first introduced in Metro Manila in

September 2021. Since November 2021, the ALS

system has been introduced nationwide in all

regions of the country.

 The IATF approved placing Apayao,

Kalinga, Batanes, Bulacan, Bataan,

Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine Cavite, Rizal, Laguna, and Naga City

(MECQ) is the transition phase between for Luzon; and Zamboanga City and

ECQ and GCQ, when the following Zamboanga del Norte for Mindanao

temporary measures are relaxed and under Modified Enhanced Community

become less necessary: stringent limits on Quarantine (MECQ).

movement and transportation of people,

strict regulation of operating industries,

provision of food and essential services, and

heightened presence of uniformed personnel

to enforce community quarantine protocols.

 General Community

Quarantine (GCQ) refers to

the implementation of

temporary measures limiting

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Also approved under GCQ are Ilocos Norte,

Dagupan City, Ifugao, Benguet, Tarlac,

Lucena City, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental

Mindoro, Puerto Princesa, Marinduque,

Albay, and Camarines Norte for Luzon; Aklan,

Antique, Guimaras, Negros Occidental, Iloilo

City, Iloilo Province, Cebu City, Cebu

Province, Mandaue City, Siquijor, and

Tacloban City for the Visayas; and

Zamboanga Sibugay, Misamis Occidental,

Iligan City, Davao City, Davao Oriental,

Davao del Sur, General Santos City, Sultan

Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotabato, South

Cotabato, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur,

Surigao del Norte, Dinagat Islands, Cotabato

City, and Lanao del Sur for Mindanao.

 Meanwhile, Gingoog City, Iloilo

City, Iloilo Province, and

Enhanced Community Quarantine
Cagayan de Oro City shall
(ECQ) is the implementation of
remain under ECQ starting
temporary measures imposing
August 1 until August 7, 2021.
stringent limitations on movement

and transportation of people, strict

regulation of operating industries,

provision of food and essential

services, and heightened presence

of uniformed personnel to enforce

community quarantine protocols.

 All other areas shall be

placed under Modified

General Community

Quarantine (MGCQ).

In addition, the IATF revised

the rules for Green Lanes for

international arriving

passengers effective

October 14, 2021.

 For fully vaccinated foreign nationals, a

negative RT-PCR test shall be required to

be taken within 72 hours prior to the

departure from the country of origin.

Upon arrival, no facility-based quarantine

will be required but the passenger is

enjoined to self-monitor for any

symptoms until the 14th day. On the other

hand, for fully vaccinated Filipinos, they

can choose facility-based quarantine

until the release of a negative RT-PCR

test taken in the quarantine facility upon

arrival, or no facility-based quarantine

after getting a negative RT-PCR test

within 72 hours prior to departure from

the country of origin but the the

passenger is enjoined to self-monitor for

any symptoms until the 14th day.

 For the unvaccinated, partially

vaccinated, or individuals whose

vaccination status cannot be

independently verified, and those

vaccinated but failed to comply with

the test-before-travel requirements,

they shall undergo a facility-based

quarantine until the release of a

negative RT-PCR test taken on the 5th

day. In the case of foreign nationals,

they shall be required to secure hotel

reservations for at least 6 days.

Meanwhile, unvaccinated or

partially vaccinated minor

children traveling with their

fully vaccinated parents or

guardians shall be required

to observe the quarantine

protocols corresponding to

their vaccination status. A

parent or guardian shall

accompany the child in the

quarantine facility for the

full term of the latter’s

facility-based quarantine

period.
To validate their vaccinate status, overseas

Filipino workers and their spouse, parents,

and children traveling in the Philippines or

abroad, non-OFWs vaccinated in the

country and abroad, and foreigners

vaccinated in the Philippines can present

either their VaxCertPH digital certificate,

Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) / World

Health Organization (WHO) – issued

International Certificate of Vaccination or

Prophylaxis (ICV), or the national digital

certificate of the foreign government

where they were vaccinated. In the case of

foreigners vaccinated abroad, they can

present WHO-issued ICV, or the national

digital certificate of the foreign

government which has accepted

VaxCertPH under a reciprocal agreement.

 Finally, the IATF approved

and adopted the revisions of

the Guidelines on the

Implementation of Alert

Levels System for COVID-19

Response in the Pilot Areas.

Thank you for listening
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