Health Alert - U.S. Embassy Manila (March 31, 2020)
Location: Siargao, Philippines
Event:
Potential Sweeper Flight Siargao-Manila on April 3 or 4
All interested travelers should immediately send an email to ACSInfoManila@state.gov with the subject line: SIARGAO FLIGHT.
Please include the following information for all travelers wishing to take this flight: full name (as in your passport), passport number, date of birth, a valid telephone number, email address, and state your request to be enlisted in the Siargao-Manila sweeper flight.
The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) relayed the following:
- There is a potential Siargao-Manila sweeper flight on April 3 or April 4.
- Seats are available on a first come, first served basis.
- The cost of the flight from Siargao to Manila is approximately Php 17,500 per passenger (children two years old and below are free).
- Payment in cash only, to be paid at the airport upon departure.
- There is a baggage allowance of 25 kilos per person.
Actions to Take:
- Contact the U.S. Embassy at ACSInfoManila@state.gov with the requested information.
- Check with your airlines or travel operators regarding any updated information about your travel plans and/or restrictions.
- Monitor local news for updates.
- Consult the CDC website for the most up-to-date information.
- For the most recent information on what you can do to reduce your risk of contracting COVID-19, please see the CDC’s latest recommendations.
- Visit the COVID-19 crisis page on travel.state.gov for the latest information.
- Visit our Embassy webpage on COVID-19 here for information on conditions in the Philippines.
- Visit the Department of Homeland Security’s website on the latest travel restrictions to the U.S.
- Consult resources below as necessary:
· Philippine Department of Health (DOH)
· Philippine Department of Health (FAQs)
· Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI)
· Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA)
· Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)
· Philippine Maritime Industry Authority
· Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs
· Philippine Department Of Interior and Local Government
· Philippine Department of Tourism
· COVID-19 crisis page on travel.state.gov
· CDC page on COVID-19
· Philippines Travel Advisory
Philippines Country Information Page
Assistance:
· U.S. Embassy in the Philippines
1201 Roxas Boulevard
+63(2) 5301-2000, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
After-hours emergency number for U.S. citizens is +(63)(2) 5301-2000
· ACSInfoManila@state.gov
· State Department – Consular Affairs
888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444
· Philippines Country Information
· Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive security updates
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