Reunion with kin not easy for OFWs

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Workers returning from jobs abroad were overburdened with quarantine and other requirements for the trip home.

On Monday night, President Duterte ordered local governments to remove the barriers for the OFWs’ seamless return to their hometowns.

A seafarer from Misamis Occidental, who was in the first batch that was brought home from Manila via a 2GO vessel last month, tested positive for the virus. This was the same trip that carried 23 others who also tested positive in Cebu. ScramblingVisabella said he and other OFWs stayed at New Clark City Athletes’ Village in Capas, Tarlac province, for two weeks, and underwent 14-day quarantine after they arrived in Metro Manila.

At least 468 OFWs arrived in Negros Occidental and Bacolod on Monday, with more expected in the next two days.

 

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