Hi im flying to philippines with my british husband in may.. I am worried that later on, they will quarantine us in the philippines.. Is there a travel ban from uk to philippines or philippines to uk?
Announcement by president Duterte that the Philippines is in lockdown for 30 days from the 15th of March. No foreigners are permitted to arrive and no travel by sea or air for Filipino citizens within the Philippines. Who knows what will happen by May as it’s a very quickly changing situation.
Really all you can do is wait, If you have booked and have travel insurance you can claim costs back but only if airline cancels the flight or rebook for a later date.
By May they will either have it under control in the Philippines, actually with these measures they have a very good chance of getting it under control, or they will be trying desperately to delay the number of cases in order to take the pressure off the hospitals, with up to 12% of cases needing some significant degree of hospitalisation that is a huge priority for them and for us. If they have it under control in their borders then they will need to protect those borders to stop further spread so I can't see these measures going away anytime soon. This is not really a 'who knows' situation, it took draconian measures for the Chinese to get it under control and now they need to keep it that way, and without a vaccine, which is at least a year away, there is no chance of sufficient natural community immunity to stop this. This is a maths problem now indeed it always has been. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity In the graphic to the right hand side of the article above you can substitute the term "immunised and healthy" for the term "people who have survived the disease", survivors will be immune after the illness at least for a period of time, it is that kind of herd immunity that protects us from illnesses like influenza being far worse than they are in most years and it is that herd immunity that we do not have for this illness simply because it is new to humans. I do not see the travel situation getting any better anytime soon and people who have not had and recovered from the disease will not be safe to travel anywhere for a long time, if you get it and recover well yes it should be safe to travel a couple of weeks after your recovery as your body will then know how to make antibodies to fight this virus.
My wife has been told that the Mayor of Cagayan de Oro has ordered all Malls and entertainment venues to be closed as from today..
I would keep an eye on the link below,as going against government advice will probably void any travel insurance you may have extract from link The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advises against all but essential travel to the whole of the Philippines due to impacts on British Nationals of government imposed measures being taken to reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/philippines/health
