AROUND 43,000 more overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic are expected to arrive...
AROUND 43,000 more overseas Filipino workers who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus disease pandemic are expected to arrive in the country until June, Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Wednesday, May 20.
Bello, in a radio interview Wednesday, May 20, echoed this call in order to decongest isolation facilities.“Inaapura natin ang pagpapauwi sa mga OFW na dumaan naman sa protocol, 14-day quarantine at swabbing test ng Red Cross. Hinihintay nalang ang certificate galing sa Bureau of Quarantine pero sinabi naman sa amin kahapon na palalabasin naman na nila lahat yun, ng sa ganun ay makauwi na ang mga OFW natin,” he said.
Upon the OFWs’ arrival at the airport, they are brought to a testing facility for specimen collection before they are transported to their designated quarantine facilities.
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