Philippines imposes travel ban on seven more countries over Omicron variant


MANILA, Nov 29 (Xinhua): The Philippines on Sunday night (Nov 28) imposed travel restrictions on seven European countries to keep out the potentially more contagious new coronavirus variant Omicron, a government spokesman announced.

Cabinet Secretary and acting Presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and Italy are placed under the "red list" effective from Sunday until Dec. 15.

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