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Stranded Bacolodnons in Manila, Palawan arrive home
A total of 70 repatriated individuals arrived at the Bredco port in Bacolod City this week.
Of the 70 repatriates, 16 are Bacolod City residents returning from Manila, and 54 are from Negros Occidental.
The 16 Bacolodnon OFWs, who arrived on Thursday, were immediately brought to a hotel for their mandatory 14-day quarantine and will receive a free swab test.
They will be sent home after two weeks if their RT-PCR test turns negative for Covid-19.
Additionally, 45 other Negrense repatriates arrived last Wednesday and were sent to a healing center in E.B. Magalona for initial tests and medical assessment before quarantine.
Another group of 38 Bacolodnons who traveled from Palawan arrived on Thursday afternoon and were brought to the ETCS-I extension campus for their mandatory 14-day quarantine.
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