{"id":265303,"date":"2020-08-15T00:40:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T04:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265303"},"modified":"2020-08-15T00:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T04:40:40","slug":"5-more-pinoys-overseas-contract-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/15\/5-more-pinoys-overseas-contract-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"5 more Pinoys overseas contract Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The DFA also reported two new recoveries with no new fatalities, with totals standing at 5,823 recoveries and 722 deaths. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0—\u00a0The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday said five more Filipinos in the Asia Pacific and Europe have contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the total cases to 9,878.<\/p>\n

The DFA also reported two new recoveries with no new fatalities, with totals standing at 5,823 recoveries and 722 deaths.<\/p>\n

Of the case count, some 3,333 are active cases \u2013 345 are undergoing treatment in the Asia-Pacific region, 503 in Europe, 2,323 in the Middle East\/Africa, and 162 in the Americas.<\/p>\n

As the DFA monitors all Filipino patients abroad, it also continues its efforts to repatriate distressed nationals from various parts of the world.<\/p>\n

Next week, more than 400 Filipinos from Lebanon will return via a chartered flight shouldered by the Philippine government.<\/p>\n

They are leaving Lebanon on August 16 and are expected to arrive in Manila the next day.<\/p>\n

More than 134,000 have so far been repatriated since the Covid-19 pandemic struck, 81,972 of whom are land-based while 52,206 are sea-based.<\/p>\n

“Sinisikap po natin na by the end of the month aabot tayo ng 200,000<\/em>\u00a0(We’re working to reach about 200,000 by end of the month),” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Arriola said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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