{"id":252225,"date":"2020-04-15T23:34:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T03:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252225"},"modified":"2020-04-15T23:34:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T03:34:04","slug":"dfa-records-32-new-covid-19-cases-of-pinoys-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/15\/dfa-records-32-new-covid-19-cases-of-pinoys-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA records 32 new Covid-19 cases of Pinoys abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_248198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248198\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248198\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The number of Filipinos with Covid-19 abroad now totals 736. Of this number, 426 are undergoing treatment while 222 have recovered. The death toll is at 88. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday reported 32 new cases of overseas Filipinos who contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, a total of 32 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, six new recoveries, and no new deaths have been recorded among overseas Filipinos across the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Middle East\/Africa,&#8221; DFA Assistant Secretary Eduardo Me\u00f1ez said.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Filipinos with Covid-19 abroad now totals 736. Of this number, 426 are undergoing treatment while 222 have recovered. The death toll is at 88.<\/p>\n<p>As of April 15, there are 269 Covid-19 cases registered in the Asia Pacific region, 237 in Europe, 87 in Middle East\/Africa, and 143 in the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Me\u00f1ez said the DFA will continue to assist overseas Filipinos who may require help during the global coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today also marks the 16th consecutive day of DFA&#8217;s repatriation efforts since the Covid-19 outbreak. The DFA will tirelessly carry on with its commitment to assist our nationals abroad who are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday morning, the DFA facilitated the arrival of some 354 Filipino seafarers from Miami, USA. All the seafarers underwent thorough mandatory health inspection by the Department of Health-Bureau of Quarantine upon disembarkation and will be subjected to a 14-day facility quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>Carnival Cruises paid for the chartered flight while the ground transportation for the repatriates was provided by the United Philippines Lines (UPL), their manning agency.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday reported 32 new cases of overseas Filipinos who contracted coronavirus disease &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":248198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252227,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252225\/revisions\/252227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}