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(Eagle News) — Detected COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos have breached the 25,000 mark. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the 25,090 total COVID-19 cases were after 115 more COVID-19 cases were reported among Filipinos outside the country. Thirty-seven more have recovered, also pushing the total recoveries to 14800. One additional fatality was also reported, which means the total fatalities among overseas Filipinos due to COVID-19 was now at 1462. The DFA said the […]
(Eagle News)– Over 100 more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the 147 more COVID-19 cases pushed the total cases among Filipinos abroad to 21090. Seventy-six more have recovered, pushing the total recoveries to 12430. The number of COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos outside the Philippines is now at 1261 including the additional 16 fatalities. “There are now 97 countries and territories with confirmed cases of COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — Six more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 20916. Three more recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 12381. No additional fatalities were reported, which means the total fatalities due to COVID-19 among Filipinos outside the country remain at 1243. According to the data, the Middle East and Africa are […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. Recent Department of Foreign Affairs data showed the additional 226 COVID-19 cases pushed the COVID-19 total among Filipinos abroad to 20,661. “The reported spike is due to surge in COVID-19 cases reported in one country in the Middle East,” the DFA said. Meanwhile, 120 new recoveries and seven new fatalities also pushed the COVID-19 recoveries and deaths among overseas Filipinos to 12221 […]
(Eagle News) — Over 300,000 Overseas Filipino Workers have been transported back to their respective provinces under the government’s Hatid Tulong program. The Department of Transportation said of the 358,505 OFWs as of December 10, 109,268 were transported by land. The agency said 185,835 were transported via air and 63,402 via sea. The data for land and air transport are from May 25 to December 10, while the data for sea travel was from April […]
(Eagle News)–Five more Filipinos abroad have recovered from COVID-19. With the additional recoveries, the recovery tally rose to 7259. Five additional confirmed cases pushed the total to 11229. No additional fatality was reported, which means the death toll remains at 817. The Middle East and Africa still had the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths, with 7380 cases, 4542 recoveries, and 532 deaths. The Americas had the least cases and recoveries, at 816 and 481, […]
(Eagle News)–Forty Filipino fishermen stranded in Indonesia amid the COVID-19 pandemic are leaving for the Philippines today, Oct. 16. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the Filipinos are set to sail for General Santos City on board the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Tubbataha, and are set to arrive in the Philippines on Saturday, Oct. 17. The vessel arrived at Satrol Wharf on Thursday, Oct. 15. According to the department, it facilitated the issuance of […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–Over 193,000 Overseas Filipino Workers have been transported to their respective provinces under the government’s Hatid-Tulong program. The Department of Transportation said the 193236 OFWs were as of Sept. 10. Of these, 60363 were transported by land, 89400 via air transport, and 43473 via sea transport. The data for those transported via land and air transport is from May 25 to Sept. 10. The data for those transported via sea transport is from April […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated over 300 Filipinos from Kuwait. The DFA said with the 310 repatriated on Sept. 6, the number of Filipinos repatriated from Kuwait breached the 7,000 mark, or at 7,116, since the COVID-19 outbreak in March. According to the department, the chartered Kuwait Airways flight, the 15th flight arranged by the embassy since June 2020, was granted clearance to land in Manila by the Civil […]
(Eagle News)–Two more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday night. According to the DFA, the additional deaths push the death toll to 757. The Middle East and Africa still had the most number of deaths, at 476, followed by the Americas with 178, Europe with 95, and the Asia Pacific Region with eight. Total COVID-19 cases are at 10,096, including the ten new cases in […]
(Eagle News)–Over 160,000 Overseas Filipino Workers have returned to their respective provinces under the government’s Hatid-Tulong program. The Department of Transportation said the 165,862 OFWs assisted by the government were as of Aug. 27. Of these, the DOTr said 52,022 were transported by land, 74,440 using air transport and via sea transport 39,400. The data for land and air transport is from May 25 – August 27, while the data for sea transport was from […]
