Hundreds of Filipino seafarers are waiting for government permission to disembark from 8 ships in Manila Bay and undergo quarantine to watch for symptoms of COVID19, the Philippine Coast Guard said Monday.
Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv Hundreds of Filipino seafarers are waiting for government permission to disembark from 8 ships in Manila Bay and undergo quarantine to watch for symptoms of COVID-19, the Philippine Coast Guard said Monday.
The Filipinos are crew members of the ships that arrived mostly last week from Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, said PCG spokesman Commander Armand Balilo. The overseas Filipino workers will undergo check-up and 2-week isolation after the health department's Bureau of Quarantine allows them to disembark, he said.
Some 428 Filipinos got off a ship from Malaysia on Sunday and were brought by the PCG to a quarantine area, he said. "Mahigit pa nga ng 1,000 o aabutin ng 2,000 itong mga laman nitong mga cruise ship na ito. Mga kababayan po natin ito, kailangan nating serbisyuhan at siguraduhing makakababa sila, makakapag-quarantine sila," Balilo told DZMM. "Handa ho iyong mga doktor natin dito sa pier, iyong Coast Guard medical personnel para siguruhing hindi naman kakalat iyong COVID at walang may sakit doon sa mga bababa," he added.
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