The arrival of 42,000 more overseas Filipino workers may 'overwhelm' quarantine facilities, says the chief implementer of government policies on the coronavirus pandemic. COVID19PH
chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said the government could be overwhelmed with even more arrivals in the coming months.
"Malaki po ang problema po natin sa returning OFW. Kasi po sa ngayon po, more than 27,000 na po ang nandito sa Manila. At mayroon pa pong darating na 42,000 this coming May and June. So mao-overwhelm po 'yung ating mga – mga hotels,"The Department of Foreign Affairs has facilitated the repatriation of over 25,000 OFWs who were displaced or decided to go home due to the pandemic, which began in China in late 2019 and spread worldwide in early 2020.
While that may be the ideal scenario, the government has struggled to conduct tests due to the huge number of returning OFWs.also initially refused to let OFWs return to their hometowns over fears they were virus carriers. This meant the affected OFWs were left stranded in Manila after completing the mandatory quarantine.
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