THE Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday it is coordinating with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) following reports on social media that Saudi Arabia and European Union countries will only allow entry to travellers inoculated with vaccines on the list of their preferred brands
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said, “We have already coordinated with the Department of Foreign Affairs to have this verified.”
She said there is still no official communication from the embassies of these countries relayed to the DFA.
Social media cards circulating showed these countries will only allow entry of persons who were vaccinated with two doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna and Jansen.
Covid cases
As of 4 p.m. of May 24, the DOH logged 4,973 additional Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 1,184,706.
There were 6,666 recoveries and 39 deaths. Of the total number of cases, 4.1 percent (48,917) are active, 94.2 percent (1,115,806) have recovered, 1.69 percent (19,983) have died.
Moreover, 18 cases previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation.
All laboratories were operational on May 22, 2021 but six were not able to submit their data to the Covid-19 Document Repository System. Based on data in the last 14 days, the 6 non-reporting labs contribute, on average, 1.1 percent of samples tested and 1.3 percent of positive individuals.