The city government of Davao released on Monday Executive Order (EO) No. 2 Series of 2022 extending until June 30, 2022 the removal of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) result requirement for travelers entering Davao City via land, sea, and air which started on January 16, 2022.
Last year, the city released the EO No. 66 Series of 2021 or “an order providing for the removal of the RT-PCR result requirement for travelers entering Davao City via land, sea, and air” until January 15, 2022.
“Gi-extend lang nato ang order (EO No. 66) na dili na mag require ug RT-PCR result requirement hangtod January 15 lang man ni ato gi extend,” Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said on Monday during the Special Hours with Mayor Inday Sara Duterte via Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR).
Section 3 of the EO states that all passengers by international air travelers arriving in Davao City including those international passengers arriving through connecting domestic flights shall comply with the requirements and guidelines provided by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF).
Last week, Mayor Sara explained that there will be no reimplementation of the “test before travel” policy to domestic travelers in Davao City as such policy does not outweigh the economic inconvenience it will bring to the passengers, to the airlines, and the economy of the city.
“Dili nata magbalik sa “test before travel” kay duna na’y bakuna and booster and tambal,” the mayor said.
