(Eagle News) — Twenty-one more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos to 20,773. Meanwhile, 27 more recoveries also pushed the COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad to 12261. The death toll is now at 1,229, including the additional two deaths. According to the data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 […]
Tag: DFA and overseas Filipinos
DFA: COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad at 14,041
(Eagle News) — Twenty-five more Filipinos abroad have tested positive for COVID-19. The additional COVID-19 cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos to 14,041. Ten more have recovered, bringing the COVID-19 recovery tally to 8964. Two additional COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad were reported, pushing the death toll due to the virus to 954. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and […]
DFA repatriates 327,511 Filipinos abroad in 2020
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated over 300,000 Filipinos in 2020. The DFA said of the 327,511 overseas Filipinos repatriated last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, 231,537 or 70.7 percent were land-based, coming from at least 90 countries. Almost 100,000, or 95,974, were seafarers, from more than 150 cruise ships, oil tankers, and other bulk vessels. Below is the breakdown of the repatriates traveling or transiting through the following regions based on […]





