'It won’t be a surprise if there are people who would distance themselves from Filipinos thinking that they are more susceptible to the virus because of their nationality,' says a Filipino worker in Macau.
MANILA, Philippines – The Macau government has ordered that any resident holding a Philippine passport must take a daily nucleic acid COVID-19 test beginning Friday, July 22, in a bid to curb coronavirus cases.
“Because of the number of Filipinos in Macau, it will not be a surprise that many of us will get infected. But that doesn’t mean we have [a larger] chance to contract the virus than any other group and be singled out as a key group and labeled unnecessarily,” Sicado, a longtime resident of Macau, told Rappler.
In the same post put up before the Philippine consulate released its statement on the issue, Carochas had offered free legal services to the Philippine consulate if it wanted to pursue legal action.
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