Tag: Covid19 pandemic and OFWs

DFA reports eight more COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos

(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported eight more COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos. The department said with the additional cases, the COVID-19 total among Filipinos abroad rose to 12308. No additional recovery nor fatality was reported. That means the total number of recoveries and fatalities among Filipinos abroad remains at 7997 and 860, respectively. Of the regions, the Middle East and Africa still have the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths […]

DFA reports additional COVID-19 case among overseas Filipinos

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed an additional COVID-19 case among overseas Filipinos. With the additional case from the Asia Pacific region, the DFA said the total number of cases rose to 11245. No additional recovery was reported, which means the total number of recoveries remains at 7279. The death toll remains at 817, with no additional deaths reported. The Middle East and Africa still have the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths, […]

DFA: Over 223,000 overseas Filipinos repatriated since start of COVID-19 pandemic

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 223,000 overseas Filipinos since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. The DFA said the 223,294 total repatriates were after it repatriated  9,352 more overseas Filipinos this week. Of this, the DFA said 8,444 were from the Middle East, 512 from Asia and the Pacific, 394 from Europe, and two from the Americas. They arrived via 38 special commercial repatriation flights. The DFA also chartered two flights […]

168 Filipinos repatriated from Cambodia this month, DFA says

(Eagle News)–Over 100 Filipinos have been repatriated from Cambodia this month. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 168 Filipinos arrived in two batches on Sept. 17 and 28. They were on board special commercial flights of Cambodia Airways and Cambodia Angkor Air, respectively. The DFA said the  plane tickets of all but 39 repatriates were charged to the Assistance to Nationals Fund bringing the total number of Filipinos assisted by the embassy in Phnom […]