The latest policy of China Eastern Airlines grounding flights from Shanghai Pudong to the Philippines.

Recently, with the relaxation of the visa entry policy in the Philippines, many people began to travel to the Philippines. However, according to the latest news, China Eastern Airlines will suspend flights from Pudong, Shanghai to Manila, Philippines according to the change of epidemic prevention and control trend. As for the specific recovery time, it will be determined separately.

China Eastern Airlines suspended flights between Pudong and Manila. China Eastern Airlines announced today that, based on the recent epidemic prevention and control of flights from Shanghai to Manila, it has decided to suspend flights MU2 1 1 and MU2 12 from Shanghai Pudong to Manila with immediate effect. China Eastern Airlines said that it will pay close attention to and carefully evaluate the import risks of relevant flights to ensure that the risks can be controlled before resuming flights.

The latest entry policy of the Philippines allows foreigners with long-term visas to enter the country from August 1 day.

These people include permanent residents, spouses or unmarried children of Filipino citizens under the age of 2 1, children of foreign parents born to mothers with permanent residency during temporary visits, and naturalized Filipino citizens in foreign countries. No new visa will be issued. They are limited by the maximum capacity of inbound passengers at the port of entry. Overseas Filipino workers and Filipinos returning home will be given priority. They should get pre-booked isolation facilities and coronavirus pneumonia-19 test providers.

However, strict restrictions have been imposed on foreigners entering the country. Foreigners need to hold a valid long-term visa that meets the requirements, and make an appointment in advance for isolation facilities approved by the Philippine government and testing in COVID-19.

In addition, new applications for entry visas are not accepted, and Filipinos returning to China can take inbound flights first under the conditions of limited capacity of existing airports.

In other words, a large number of people holding work visas (9G), retired immigrants (SRRV), investment immigrants (SIRV) and tourist visas (it is estimated that few people hold new tourist visas because they have not applied for new visas recently) cannot enter the country normally.

Can I travel to the Philippines? Because I need to hold a valid long-term visa, this immigration policy is actually not aimed at the general public. Therefore, friends who plan to use cheap air tickets to enter the Philippines now may fail. The relaxation of this entry policy is a test of the Philippines' comprehensive opening-up entry policy.

After all, the Philippines, as a tourist city, has a large proportion of tourism economy in the national economy. The Philippines also hopes to resume tourism at an early date and reverse the domestic economic situation.

I believe that with the constant stability of domestic and global epidemics in the Philippines, the Philippines will be eager to open up various tourism policies. This is the best time for everyone to travel to the Philippines.