CEBU CITY, Philippines - Five of the repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who arrived in Cebu last April 28 after being stranded in Metro Manila tested positive of the coronavirus disease
The 220 repatriated Cebuano OFWs started disembarking from the ship past 4 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28. | Alven Marie Timtimlast April 28 after being stranded in Metro Manila tested positive of the coronavirus disease 2019 .on Friday, May 1, 2020.
The OFWs, who have been placed under quarantine upon arrival, will be transferred to their designated quarantine facilities, Garcia said.Before they boarded the ship that ferried them from Manila to Cebu on April 28, the repatriated overseas workers reportedly underwent rapid COVID-19 tests. But as part of the prevailing health protocols from local government units here, government agencies here mandated them to be placed under quarantine for 14 days, and that swab tests were extracted from them.
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