On February 1, 2024 the Philippines Bureau of Immigration announced that Bureau of Quarantine medical clearance is no longer required for nationals of 53 countries listed in annex A of BI Operations Order No. SBM-2014-059 for any of the visa applications listed in annex B of the same order.
The 2014 order was a response to an Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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