{"id":244090,"date":"2020-02-04T23:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T04:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244090"},"modified":"2020-02-04T23:15:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T04:15:02","slug":"filipino-repatriates-from-china-arriving-on-saturday-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/04\/filipino-repatriates-from-china-arriving-on-saturday-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino repatriates from China arriving on Saturday: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Filipinos will be arriving at the Clark Airport in Pampanga and transported to Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine. (File photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The first batch of Filipino repatriates from the epicenter of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China are scheduled to arrive in the Philippines on Saturday, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Filipinos will be arriving at the Clark Airport in Pampanga and transported to Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine.<\/p>\n

He said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III was instructed by President Rodrigo Duterte to go to the site to properly address the people affected.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arrival of the initial batch of repatriated Filipinos will be on Saturday at the Clark Airport and transportation to Fort Magsaysay has already been prepared,\u201d Panelo said in a statement a day after Duterte presided over a Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n

Around 42 Filipinos in Hubei province, mostly from the city of Wuhan, have expressed a desire to return home amid the 2019-nCoV outbreak, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).<\/p>\n

There are a total of 300 Filipinos in Hubei. Some 150 of the Filipinos are in Wuhan and the rest are from outside the city but within the province, the DFA said.<\/p>\n

The Fort Magsaysay Drug Rehabilitation Center in Nueva Ecija can accommodate 10,000 individuals.<\/p>\n

Aside from Fort Magsaysay, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that the government is also eyeing the naval station at Caballo Island off Cavite province as a possible quarantine area for returning OFWs.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Panelo assured that all safeguards made by concerned government agencies are now in place in order to contain the deadly virus.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Immigration has implemented the directives of the President such as the general restriction of entry of individuals coming from China and its special administrative regions — Hong Kong and Macao, he said.<\/p>\n

Officials on the ground, particularly barangay captains, have been ordered to act in accordance with the tempo dictated by the national government.<\/p>\n

The Department of Education has issued advisories for students to avoid huge crowds and discouraged schools from conducting field trips.<\/p>\n

The Presidential Communications Operations Office has intensified the dissemination of public health advisories and guidelines.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the public is also encouraged to observe the protocols and rules designed to combat the virus.<\/p>\n

There are two confirmed cases of nCoV-acute respiratory disease in the country, while the number of persons under investigation (PUIs) for possible infection has risen to 105.<\/p>\n

Global deaths due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have reached 427 with more than 20,000 infected, mostly from China, Hong Kong, and Macao, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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