Eighteen Filipinos in Shanghai, China, have tested positive for COVID-19.
The report said only Shanghai authorities have access to the patients.Ignacio said some Filipinos in Shanghai have already expressed intention to return to the Philippines but could not do so because of travel restrictions.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III earlier said the government may provide $200 or over P10,000 financial assistance to each overseas Filipino worker affected by the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai. The eastern half of Shanghai earlier went into lockdown to curb the nation's biggest COVID-19 outbreak. Chinese authorities then said they would carry out a two-phased lockdown of the city of around 25 million people to carry out mass testing.
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