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C. Visayas LGUs ready to receive returning OFWs
Cebu and other parts of Central Visayas are preparing to receive a large number of returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were stranded in Metro Manila.
The regional Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) in Central Visayas has convened to establish protocols for the arrival of these OFWs.
President Rodrigo Duterte has mandated national government agencies to transport all 24,000 OFWs, who have tested negative for COVID-19, to their home provinces within the week.
While specific numbers for Central Visayas are not yet finalized, an average of 8,000 OFWs are expected to depart Metro Manila daily for various provinces.
The returning OFWs were previously unable to go home due to concerns from some local mayors about accepting them without verified negative COVID-19 test results.
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