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(Eagle News) – The Philippine government has successfully brought home 445 Filipinos, mostly crewmembers of the MV Diamond Princess cruise ship, through two chartered flights of the Philippine Airlines (PAL), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The first flight, which carried 309 passengers, as well as a two-member repatriation team from the DFA and a four-member health response team from the Department of Health (DOH) arrived at Clark Airbase at 10:10 p.m. of […]
The second batch of repatriates is now boarding the flight to Manila! ✈ This batch is expected to arrive sometime before midnight.@teddyboylocsin #DFAinACTION#AssistancetoNationals pic.twitter.com/3PVodTcmsH — DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) February 25, 2020 (Eagle News) – More than 400 Filipino repatriates from the Japan cruise ship, the MV Diamond Princess, have now boarded the two chartered planes that will bring them to the country Tuesday night, Feb. 25. This was according to the Department of Foreign Affairs […]
(Eagle News) – Around 480 Filipinos who disembarked from the MV Diamond Princess cruise ship and who tested negative from the coronavirus disease are set to arrive today, Tuesday, Feb. 25, according to the Department of Health. There are 538 overseas Filipinos (OFs) aboard the cruise ship, but 59 have so far tested positive for COVID-19. Because of this, more than 400 negative asymptomatic patients will be repatriated, the DOH said. Under the repatriation […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A third passenger has died after contracting the coronavirus on a cruise ship that was quarantined off Japan, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday. In a statement, the ministry identified the victim as a Japanese man in his 80s who was also suffering from other ailments. He was removed from the Diamond Princess and taken to a local hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the statement said, without giving details […]
(Eagle News)–The Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess will be repatriated on Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said. Locsin made the announcement in a Tweet on Sunday, Feb. 23. The new schedule of the repatriation is two days after the original schedule on Sunday. The Department of Health said the repatriation had to be rescheduled so the tests on the over 400 Filipinos who wish to return could be completed. The Department of […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs is so far securing clearances and permits for the disembarkation, land transfer and chartered flights for the almost 500 Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess who will be repatriated early next week. In a statement, the DFA said this includes working with the Japan Self Defense Forces in arranging for the land transfer of the repatriates from Yokohama Port to Haneda where the chartered flight will take off. The […]
(Eagle News)–The repatriation of Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess has been rescheduled. In a statement on Saturday, Feb. 21, the Department of Health’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Infectious Diseases said it had unanimously resolved to tentatively reschedule the repatriation to early next week. “This is to allow the Japanese health authorities to complete the laboratory testing of the 400-plus Filipino crew members aboard the ship and comply with the established Japanese quarantine protocols,” the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Saturday, Feb. 22, said the repatriation of Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess may be delayed. In an interview over GMA News TV, Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said this was based on a report from the Philippine embassy in Japan that only half of the crew members and some passengers had completed the tests for the novel coronavirus. There are 538 Filipinos on board the ship that […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 500 Filipinos on board the Japan cruise ship that was quarantined off Yokohama in Japan will be repatriated on Sunday, Feb. 23. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement that 497 Filipinos from the Diamond Princess were expected to be flown in to the Clark International Airport through two chartered flights from the Haneda Airport as their 14-day quarantine for the novel coronavirus ends. He said they would be transferred to the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Two Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus on their return home, despite being cleared in Japan, authorities said Friday. “We have two people who are positive for the COVID-19 virus. Those two people have mild illness,” said Dianne Stephens, acting chief health officer for the Northern Territories. Health officials in Canberra told AFP all 164 Australians who returned home earlier this week “were tested […]
(Eagle News) – Some 500 Filipinos, mostly crew members, aboard the Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess are scheduled to be repatriated to the country on Sunday, Feb. 23. The announcement was made by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday, Feb. 20, saying that there would be at least 16 hospitals which would provide services to attend to the needs of the Filipinos from the cruise ship. All the repatriates will be housed at […]
by Miwa Suzuki Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Two former passengers of the coronavirus-wracked Diamond Princess have died, local media reported Thursday, as fears mount about those who have left the ship after testing negative for the virus. A man and a woman in their 80s who had been infected have died, public broadcaster NHK and others reported, which would be the first fatal cases among the more than 600 on board […]
