No travel ban to South Korea

The Philippines will not ban travel to South Korea despite the increasing number of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases there, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday.

“Wala tayong ini-impose na travel restriction at wala tayong balak in the near future [na] mag-impose ng travel restriction (We have not imposed travel restrictions and we have no plans of imposing travel restrictions in the near future),” Charles Jose, Foreign Affairs spokesman, said in a radio interview aired over dzMM.