{"id":253165,"date":"2020-04-25T06:04:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T10:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=253165"},"modified":"2020-04-25T06:04:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T10:04:20","slug":"19-4k-filipinos-repatriated-since-start-of-covid-19-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/25\/19-4k-filipinos-repatriated-since-start-of-covid-19-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"19.4K Filipinos repatriated since start of Covid-19 outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: A total of 444 Filipinos — 438 crew members and six passengers — of the MV Grand Princess docked in the Port of Oakland in California board a chartered plane to Manila on March 14, 2020 (US Pacific Time). All repatriates were transported on chartered buses to the Athletes’ Village in New Clark City for the 14-day quarantine period. (Photo<\/a>: Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday reported that a total of 19,466 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been repatriated since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

Of the number, some 15,130 are seafarers from 75 cruise ships while the remaining 4,336 are land-based OFWs.<\/p>\n

“Marami pa pong parating in the next few days. Uuwi pa ang libo-libo nating kababayan galing sa ibang bansa<\/em>\u00a0(Many more are arriving in the coming days. Thousands of our compatriots will come home from other countries),” DFA Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said during the Laging Handa briefing.<\/p>\n

All OFWs had been required to undergo a 14-day facility quarantine.<\/p>\n

Dulay said seafarers who had undergone the required quarantine period on cruise ships where no passenger or crew member has contracted Covid-19 would be allowed to go home directly.<\/p>\n

“Iyon pong ating mga seafarers na nandoon sa cruise ship at nakapag-quarantine na at malinis ang cruise ships,\u00a0 ang tawag nila ‘malinis’, ibig sabihin niyan ay ‘di nabahiran ng kahit na anong impeksiyon ng Covid – – pasahero man o crew member – – ito po ay puwede nang maging 14-day quarantine nila sa laot para pagdating dito ay puwede na silang tumuloy sa kanilang probinsiya at bahay\u00a0<\/em>(Our seafarers who were quarantined on a cruise ship and the ship is deemed ‘clean’ \u2013 clean, meaning no passenger or crew member was infected by Covid-19 \u2013 their 14-day quarantine at sea can be considered so that they would be able to go home to their province and houses),” he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Dulay noted that land-based OFWs would be referred to a quarantine facility upon arrival.<\/p>\n

Although some cruise ships carrying repatriates have docked in the Philippines, no Filipino crew onboard has disembarked yet, the DFA said in a separate statement.<\/p>\n

“None of the Filipino crew ha(s) disembarked because all of them are undergoing (a) two-week quarantine. After the quarantine, all will be given Covid tests,” DFA Assistant Secretary Eduardo Me\u00f1ez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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