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Agence France-Presse

The Philippines on Friday lifted a coronavirus travel ban on Taiwan after Taipei threatened retaliation.
Taiwan had hit out at countries that “confuse” it with China and included it in travel restrictions for Chinese territories against the virus that has claimed nearly 1,400 lives.
Taiwan foreign ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou told reporters earlier on Friday that the island had drawn up certain “response measures” while waiting for a reply to its demand to lift the travel ban.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman Salvador Panelo later announced in Manila the immediate lifting of the travel ban on Taiwan.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque cited “the absence of local transmission” of the virus there and the “relatively low volume of travellers from Taiwan to Manila”.
Some 150,000 Filipinos work in Taiwan, enjoying visa-free entry that reports said could have been withdrawn in retaliation.
Philippines’ one-China travel ban extends workers’ coronavirus anxiety
Duterte had on February 2 imposed a two-way travel ban on mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, before unexpectedly extending the list to include Taiwan on Monday.
The bans have caused many workers to be stranded in the Philippines, with more than 1,000 Filipinos this week asking the World Court to pressure the government to reverse its decision.
Coronavirus concerns fuel anti-Chinese sentiment in the Philippines
Hundreds of Taiwanese travellers have also been stuck in the Philippines since February 2.
The coronavirus, which originated from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has infected at least 64,000 people worldwide, and killed more than 1,380 people, almost all in China.
Taiwan has recorded 18 confirmed cases of the virus and no fatalities; the Philippines has three confirmed cases and one death.


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epa08149567 Passengers wearing face masks who arrived from Guangzhou, China lineup for immigration at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, 22 January 2020. According to media reports, at least nine people have died and more than 400 people are confirmed infected by a new respiratory virus which was first detected in Wuhan, China. The virus, called the coronavirus, can be passed between humans and has spread to the USA, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. EPA-EFE/MARK R. CRISTINO

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Some 150,000 Filipinos work in Taiwan, enjoying visa-free entry that reports said could have been axed in retaliation to the ban
Manila had on February 2 imposed a travel ban on visitors from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, before also later including Taiwan



Some 150,000 Filipinos work in Taiwan, enjoying visa-free entry that reports said could have been axed in response to the February 10 travel ban.


Coronavirus: Philippines lifts Taiwan travel ban after Taipei threatens Filipino work visas

Some 150,000 Filipinos work in Taiwan, enjoying visa-free entry that reports said could have been axed in retaliation to the ban Manila had on February 2 imposed a travel ban on visitors from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, before also later including Taiwan

Some 150,000 Filipinos work in Taiwan, enjoying visa-free entry that reports said could have been axed in retaliation to the ban

Manila had on February 2 imposed a travel ban on visitors from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, before also later including Taiwan