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(File photo) MANILA - Foreign travelers may visit the Philippines without an entry exemption document (EED) beginning April 1, Malacanang announced on Friday. This, after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved Thursday Resolution 165, which allows foreigners to enter the country sans the need of an EED as long as they comply with the applicable visa requirements and immigration entry and departure formalities. "There is no more listing of which country the foreign national originates from, as long as they are able to present valid proof of vaccination and [follow the] guidelines," acting Deputy Presidential Spokesperson and Communications Undersecretary Michel Kristian Ablan said in a virtual press conference. Under IATF-EID Resolution 165, foreign travelers can enter the country, on conditions that they are fully-vaccinated and have acceptable proof of vaccination. The acceptable proofs of vaccination that foreigner