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Philippines to reopen in February to vaccinated foreign tourists

FILE PHOTO: People relax along White Beach amid the coranavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Boracay Island, Aklan province, Philippines, December 1, 2021. Picture taken December 1, 2021. Picture taken with drone. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

The Philippines will grant entry to visitors vaccinated against COVID-19 from Feb. 10, its government said on Friday, in an effort to boost a tourism sector decimated by the pandemic.

The archipelago nation of more than 7,000 islands had planned to reopen in December but that was aborted over concerns about the Omicron variant.

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