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OFWs can return to jobs in Hong Kong, Macau despite coronavirus travel ban – DFA @ 2020-02-18T20: Back Hot News
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SHE HAD MOVED TO HONG KONG TWO YEARS AGO WITH DREAMS OF CREATING A BETTER LIFE FOR HER FAMILY. THE JOB IN HONG KONG PAID A BETTER SALARY THAN WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE EARNED BACK HOME, AND SOON AFTER STARTING SHE WAS ABLE TO BUY A PLOT OF LAND IN HER RURAL PROVINCE. SHE BEGAN SETTING ASIDE MONEY EVERY MONTH TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR HER FAMILY.
TESS AQUINO, A PERMANENT RESIDENT WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR 23 YEARS, SAID: "I HAVE ATTEMPTED ALL POSSIBLE WAYS TO RETURN BACK TO HONG KONG. I WAS TOLD BY MY COMPANY TO TRY TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG VIA VIETNAM."
ON SUNDAY, THE HEALTH MINISTRY INSTRUCTED ISRAELIS RETURNING FROM THAILAND, SINGAPORE, HONG KONG, AND MACAU TO SELF-QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS, AMID CONCERNS OVER THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. PREVIOUSLY, ONLY TRAVELERS COMING FROM CHINA WERE SUBJECT TO SUCH A SELF-QUARANTINE.
KIMMY CHUNG JOINED THE POST IN 2017 AND REPORTS FOR THE HONG KONG DESK ON LOCAL POLITICS AND HONG KONG-MAINLAND ISSUES. PRIOR TO JOINING THE POST, SHE COVERED HONG KONG POLITICS AND SOCIAL POLICIES FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS FOR DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS.
THOUSANDS OF OFWS BOUND FOR HONG KONG AND MACAU WERE LEFT STRANDED IN THE PHILIPPINES AFTER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE ON FEBRUARY 2 IMPOSED A TRAVEL BAN TO CHINA AND ITS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS. THEY HAVE APPEALED TO THE GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW THEM TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS.
MANILA, FEB. 11 (CNA) THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT MADE CLEAR ON MONDAY EVENING THAT A TRAVEL BAN IMPOSED ON CHINESE VISITORS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS WILL APPLY TO TAIWAN, CAUSING SOME 150 TAIWANESE PASSENGERS TO BE REFUSED ENTRY AT SEVERAL AIRPORTS.
「THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE AGREED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAINTAIN THE BAN ON ENTRY RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM MAINLAND CHINA FOR A FURTHER WEEK. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW ON A WEEKLY BASIS, AND CONSIDER ALL THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE ON A WEEKLY BASIS.」
“AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WARRANTS AN EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION,” HE TOLD HIS CABINET. MOON WARNED THAT THE IMPACT THIS TIME AROUND COULD BE BIGGER AND LONGER-LASTING THAN A 2015 EPIDEMIC THAT LED THE CENTRAL BANK TO RESPOND WITH A RATE CUT AND AUTHORITIES TO ENACT 11.6 TRILLION WON ($9.8 BILLION) WORTH OF EXTRA BUDGET.
RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT EMMANUEL GESLANI SAID THE TRAVEL BAN MIGHT BECOME COUNTERPRODUCTIVE BECAUSE FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG, MACAO AND ON THE CHINESE MAINLAND WOULD HESITATE TO RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES NOW THAT THEY KNOW THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO RETURN.
AIR NEW ZEALAND WILL RETURN TO SHANGHAI ONLY IF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE RELAXED NEXT MONTH AND IS PULLING CAPACITY FROM HONG KONG BECAUSE THE CORONAVIRUS, WHICH HAS PUSHED AVIATION IN CHINA INTO A TAILSPIN.
AUTRY AND HER BOYFRIEND, LI, WHO SPOKE ON THE CONDITION THAT ONLY HIS LAST NAME BE USED TO PROTECT HIS PRIVACY GIVEN SENSITIVITIES AROUND THE VIRUS, HAD BEEN SET TO TRAVEL TO HONG KONG TO GET ENGAGED. THE COUPLE MET WHILE SHE WAS STUDYING IN CHINA. TWO YEARS LATER, 「HE』S PART OF MY FAMILY,」 SHE SAID.
THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IS AMONG THE FACTORS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE LIFTING OF THE BAN. THE OTHERS ARE THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS AND THE REPORT ON LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF THE COVID-19.
IN A STATEMENT RELEASED TUESDAY, THE C.D.C. SAID THAT THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AGENCY WOULD IDENTIFY ALL TRAVELERS FROM THE AFFECTED AREAS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A PRINTED HEALTH ALERT NOTICE. THE NOTICE PROVIDES TRAVELERS WITH INFORMATION ON WHAT TO DO IF THEY EXPERIENCE CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS WILL REFER ILL TRAVELERS WITH SYMPTOMS SPECIFIC TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND A CONNECTION TO CHINA TO C.D.C. STAFF MEMBERS AT THE AIRPORT FOR EVALUATION.
FACEBOOK TOLD ITS EMPLOYEES TO SUSPEND NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO THE MAINLAND, IN LINE WITH GUIDANCE MONDAY FROM THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. THE CDC"S LEVEL 3 WARNING, ITS HIGHEST-DEGREE ALERT, CAUTIONED TRAVELERS TO REFRAIN FROM GOING TO CHINA. THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT ALSO TOLD EMPLOYEES WHO"D RECENTLY RETURNED FROM THE COUNTRY TO WORK FROM HOME FOR AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME.
HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATORS RALLIED FOR A SECOND DAY IN HONG KONG TO PROTEST AGAINST PLANS TO TURN SOME BUILDINGS INTO CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE CENTRES, REVIVING ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN THE CHINESE-RULED CITY.
TAIPEI, FEB. 4 (CNA) FROM SATURDAY, TAIWANESE WISHING TO VISIT THE PHILIPPINES WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE A RECENT TRAVEL HISTORY WHEN APPLYING FOR A VISA FOLLOWING THE EXTENSION OF A TRAVEL BAN ON FOREIGN TRAVELERS WHO HAVE BEEN TO CHINA OR ITS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS WITHIN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, ACCORDING TO THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE (MECO).

 

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