Latest travel advice for Philippines, including how to stay safe during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and information on returning to the UK. Hence executive check-up, elective hospital procedures and consultation for patients who recently traveled will be put on hold effective March 12, 2020, until further notice," they wrote. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Thursday night announced restrictions to travel and quarantine of Metro Manila to contain the spread of the coronavirus.Duterte, in a presidential speech, announced that Metro Manila will be closed to domestic travel starting Sunday until April 14 and will be subject to daily review by the Inter-Agency Task Force.The Associated Press reported that Duterte announced domestic travel to and from metropolitan Manila will be suspended for a month and authorized sweeping quarantines in the crowded capital to fight the new coronavirus.Duterte also banned large gatherings in the metropolis, suspended most government work in the executive department and extended the suspension of classes by a month in new restrictions announced in a nationwide TV address.Domestic travel by land, air and sea to and from the capital region will be suspended.Many residents from Guam travel to Metro Manila for vacation and medical care.On Thursday, Calvo's SelectCare announced that patients going to the Philippines would be subject to a 14-day self-quarantine and advised members that medical care in the country won't be an immediate option.Frank Campillo, SelectCare's health plan administrator, said protocols set by the Philippine's Department of Health state “a person who has traveled history in the past 14 days is considered a person under monitoring and needs to be subject to quarantine.”Based on the memorandum, all international patients will be considered person under monitoring, he said. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) revised its economic growth outlook for the Philippines in 2020 from a 6.5% to 7.5% gross domestic product (GDP) growth registered in late 2019 to a 5.5% to 6.5% GDP growth, following the pandemic. Two have recovered, while 48 are admitted at various hospitals in the country.Globally, the virus has killed more than 4,700 and infected over 127,000 people, according to the Johns Hopkins University global tracking of cases.COVID-19 is a disease caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which is related to the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, but is not as deadly, with the fatality rate standing at around three percent.According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of patients only experience “mild illness” and eventually recover.