THE Philippines temporarily suspended flights from South Africa, Botswana, and other countries where a new coronavirus variant has been found, Malacañang announced on Friday.

"The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, the temporary suspension of inbound international flights from South Africa, Botswana, and other countries with local cases or with the likelihood of occurrences of the B.1.1.1529 variant," Acting Palace spokesman Karlo Alexei Nograles said in a statement.

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