Tag: Covid19 and OFWs

DFA: No new COVID-19 deaths reported among overseas Filipinos

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported no new COVID-19 deaths among overseas Filipinos. The DFA said the COVID-19 death toll of Filipinos abroad therefore remains at 792. Twenty-seven new COVID-19 cases, however, have been reported from countries in Asia and the Pacific and Europe. The additional cases pushed the COVID-19 tally to 10534. The DFA said the Middle East and Africa so far had the most COVID-19 cases with 7097, followed by the […]

Five more COVID-19 cases reported among Filipinos abroad

(Eagle News)–Five new COVID-19 cases were reported among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said with the added cases from Africa, the total rose to 10438. The department said the Middle East and Africa still had the most COVID-19 cases with 7079, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 1372, Europe with 1179, and the Americas with 808. One additional death pushed the death toll to 791. No additional recoveries were […]

DFA: Over 300 Filipinos recently repatriated from Saudi Arabia

(Eagle News)–Over 300 Filipinos were repatriated from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the 356 Filipinos from  Jeddah and other parts of the western region returned home via a Philippine Airlines chartered flight that arrived in Manila on Thursday, Sept. 24. The DFA said tbe repatriates were among the thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who have been economically displaced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA […]

DFA reports 16 more COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad

(Eagle News)–Sixteen more Filipinos abroad have recovered from COVID-19, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. With the additional recoveries, the DFA said the recoveries tally rose to 6645 as of Thursday. The DFA said the Middle East and Africa still had the most recoveries, with 4248, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 1041, Europe with 892, and the Americas with 464. Five new COVID-19 cases pushed the tally to 10424, with the Middle East […]

DFA reports additional COVID-19 death among overseas Filipinos

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported an additional COVID-19 death among overseas Filipinos. The DFA said with the additional fatality from the Middle East, the COVID-19 death toll rose to 778 as of Monday night. The Middle East and Africa still have the most COVID-19 deaths so far, with 497, followed by the Americas with 178, Europe with 95, and the Asia Pacific Region with eight. COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos rose to […]

DFA says 185,650 Filipinos repatriated since February

(Eagle News)–Over 185,000 Filipinos abroad have been repatriated since February, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, of the 185,650, 120602 or 64.96 percent were land-based and 65048 or 35.04 percent were sea-based. This week, the DFA said most of the repatriates were from the Middle East, at 8132. Arrivals from Europe have reached 1299, including  three medical cases from Turkey, Spain and Malta; 1089 from the Americas; and 981 from Asia. […]

DFA reports 4 more COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad

  (Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported  four more COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos, the DFA said on Sunday, Sept. 20. The department said with the additional cases from the Asia Pacific region, COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad have climbed to 10,390. No additional deaths nor recoveries were reported, which means the death toll remains at 777 and recoveries at 6594. The Middle East and Africa region still has the most COVID-19 deaths […]

DFA: No weekend reports of additional COVID-19 cases, deaths among Filipinos abroad

(Eagle News)–There have been no weekend reports of additional COVID-19 cases or deaths among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday night. The DFA said the total tally then remains at 10,181, while the death toll is at 768. The Middle East and Africa still had the most number of COVID-19 cases, with 7,002, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 1205, Europe with 1169, and the Americas with 805. The Middle […]

DFA repatriates 9,671 overseas Filipinos this week

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated almost 10,000 overseas Filipinos this week. The DFA said the 9671 overseas Filipinos repatriated since the outbreak of COVID-19 brought the total to 174,039 so far. The DFA said of the 174,039, 61,716 or 35.46 percent were sea-based Filipinos, while 112,323 or 64.54 percent were land-based. The 9,671 repatriated this week, the DFA said, included over 7,500 nationals from the Middle East who were repatriated via  27 special […]