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DoH locates 5 OFWs from S. Africa as PHL records just 379 COVID infections
The Department of Health (DOH) has located five more travelers who arrived from South Africa, leaving only two individuals yet to be found.
These travelers are among the 253 individuals who entered the Philippines between November 15 and 29.
An initial difficulty in locating some travelers was due to incomplete or incorrect contact information provided on their health declaration forms.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III urged these travelers to cooperate with authorities for COVID-19 testing due to the threat of the Omicron variant.
Duque also considered suggesting the publication of the names of unlocated travelers to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
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Authorities have located one of the eight travelers who recently arrived from South Africa, but seven remain unlocated.
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The Department of Health (DOH) is still trying to locate 182 travelers from South Africa who arrived in the Philippines between November 15 and 29.
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The Philippines confirmed its first two imported cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, one from Japan and another from Nigeria.
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Filipinos in South Africa are urged to remain calm and contact the Philippine Embassy following the country's temporary ban on travelers from South Africa due to the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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