DFA: 203 Filipinos repatriated from Macau

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Officer Zosima Maria Santos assists one of the three wheelchair-bound passengers. | PHOTO: Macau PCG photo by R. Genotiva

MANILA, Philippines — Some 203 Filipinos from Macau have been brought back to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday.

According to the DFA, three wheelchair-bound travelers who were recently hospitalized in Macau were among those who boarded the repatriation flight which arrived in the country on Wednesday, February 16.

The plane that carried the 203 Filipinos is the 27th repatriation flight facilitated by the Philippine Consulate General in Macau, the DFA said. To date, the Philippine government has repatriated a total of 5,355 Filipinos in Macau who were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020.

Philippine Consul General Porfirio Mayo Jr. assured the consulate’s repatriation program will continue until regular commercial flights to the Philippines resume.

Philippine Consul General to Macau Porfirio Mayo, Jr. (center) assists Filipinos during their check-in at the Macau International Airport. | PHOTO: Macau PCG photo by V. Sy

Pursuant to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Resolution No. 160-A, all fully-vaccinated Filipino travelers outside the country are no longer needed to undergo facility-based quarantine mandated by the government subject to compliance with conditions set in the same IATF resolution.

“A person is deemed fully vaccinated if he or she has received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to the date of departure from the port of origin,” the DFA said also said in the same statement, citing the IATF resolution. Jericho Zafra, trainee

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