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Over 600 Filipinos repatriated from Italy, Maldives arrive in Manila amid COVID-19 pandemic
A total of 20,007 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) have been repatriated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recently, 600 Filipinos from Italy and the Maldives were repatriated.
These arrivals included 337 seafarer OFWs from Italy who worked on Costa Cruises ships, and 336 land-based Filipinos from the Maldives who worked in the tourism industry.
Upon arrival at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the OFWs underwent rapid COVID-19 testing administered by the Philippine Coast Guard.
They were then briefed on quarantine protocols and transported to designated facilities for a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
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