Home-bound Filipinos in Bahrain urged to register with One Health Pass travel portal

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Filipinos in the Kingdom of Bahrain who are going to the Philippines are urged to register with One Health Pass online portal to ease the process of mandatory COVID-19 testing and quarantine requirements.

Through its official Facebook account, the Philippine Embassy in the Kingdom provides the guides to be followed by Filipinos.

Last month, the Philippine government started implementing the One Health Pass registration system for travellers and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs).

Those arriving via international flights should log in at https://www.onehealthpass.com.ph/ and fill out the corresponding form three days before travelling to the Philippines to generate a transaction number.

The One Health Pass portal is user-friendly requesting only for personal details and other information like flight details.

Aiming for a paperless set of procedures, incoming travellers to the Philippines would need to register from their point of origin on the electronic health declaration checklist only once.

All information would be passed on to concerned government agencies such as Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Department of Tourism, Maritime Industry Authority, Philippine Coast Guard, and Overseas Shipping Service.

 A day prior to boarding the flight to the Philippines, the passenger will be required to fill out an electronic health declaration checklist and will be given a QR code.

When they arrive in the country, the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) will check the QR code.

The system in getting clearance from the bureau will be paperless.

Under existing protocol, returning Filipinos from overseas are subjected to 10- day facility quarantine, with the RT-PCR COVID-19 testing to be done on the seventh day