{"id":256541,"date":"2020-05-29T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256541"},"modified":"2020-05-29T06:00:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T10:00:15","slug":"pcg-in-dubai-reports-about-40-pinoy-deaths-due-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/29\/pcg-in-dubai-reports-about-40-pinoy-deaths-due-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"PCG in Dubai reports about 40 Pinoy deaths due to Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_249399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249399\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-red-background-3786120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249399 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-red-background-3786120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-red-background-3786120.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-red-background-3786120-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-red-background-3786120-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-red-background-3786120-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cortes did not give the number of Filipinos diagnosed with Covid-19 but assured that the Consulate General remains ready to provide necessary assistance. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Dubai said almost 40 Filipinos within its jurisdiction have died due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Noong nakaraang linggo halos kuwarenta na rin ang mga kababayan natin ang nasawi sa<\/em>\u00a0Covid-19 (Last week, almost 40 of our nationals have died due to Covid-19),&#8221; Consul General Paul Raymund Cortes said during the Laging Handa briefing.<\/p>\n<p>The PCG in Dubai has jurisdiction over the emirates of Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Kahima, Ajman, Umm Al Qwain, and Fujairah.<\/p>\n<p>Cortes did not give the number of Filipinos diagnosed with Covid-19 but assured that the Consulate General remains ready to provide necessary assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Based on latest data from the World Health Organization dated May 28, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has 31,969 confirmed Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Cortes reported that movement restrictions in the entire UAE were eased but some Filipinos have yet to return to work. To date, around 7,000 displaced Filipino workers have been given a one-time cash assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Dubai said almost 40 Filipinos within its jurisdiction have died due to coronavirus &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":249399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256541","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\/256541","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=256541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256542,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256541\/revisions\/256542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}