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IATF approves repatriation of 148 Filipinos from Macau @ 2020-03-04T12: Back Hot News
Keyword:South Korea to repatriate travel ban from Macau
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THE PHILIPPINES BANNED ALL TRAVEL TO AND FROM CHINA AND ITS TWO ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS–HONG KONG AND MACAU–ON FEB. 2 TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF THE VIRUS. TAIWAN WAS ADDED TO THE BAN BUT WAS ALSO LIFTED AFTER IT WARNED OF POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES.
HEALTH SECRETARY FRANCISCO DUQUE III, HEAD OF THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY THE RELAXATION OF THE BAN ON TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA TO ENABLE FILIPINOS TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS THERE, EXCEPT IN NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE WHERE THE INFECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY ARE CONCENTRATED.
“WE REALLY DON’T KNOW THE FINAL NUMBER,” NOGRALES SAID OF THE FILIPINOS TO BE REPATRIATED FROM MACAU. “MAYBE, TOMORROW WE’LL GET A CLEARER ASSESSMENT OF THE NUMBER OF OUR CITIZENS WHO WANT TO BE REPATRIATED TO THE PHILIPPINES.”
AS THIS DEVELOPED, VERGEIRE SAID THE DOH AND THE CEBU PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ARE TRACKING DOWN A SOUTH KOREAN MAN WHO – ALONG WITH 25 OTHER KOREANS – ARRIVED IN THE PROVINCE LAST FEB. 25 FROM DAEGU CITY, CONSIDERED GROUND ZERO OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN SOUTH KOREA. ONLY THE MAN IN THE GROUP REMAINS UNACCOUNTED FOR, VERGEIRE SAID.
“ALL OF THESE 26 SOUTH KOREANS WHEN THEY CAME HERE DID NOT HAVE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS BUT THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF TRAVEL COMING FROM DAEGU SO WE CONSIDER THEM PERSONS UNDER MONITORING.」
MANILA HAS ALREADY PROHIBITED FILIPINO TOURISTS FROM HEADING TO SOUTH KOREA AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. EXEMPTED FROM THE BAN ARE FILIPINO WORKERS, STUDENTS, AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF SOUTH KOREA WHO ARE ASKED TO SIGN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT THEY KNOW THE HEALTH RISKS. TRAVELERS FROM NORTH GYEONGSANG, SOUTH KOREA ARE TEMPORARILY BARRED FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – SUPPLIES OF FACE MASKS AND HAND SANITIZERS ARE SET TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO FILIPINOS BASED IN SOUTH KOREA』S DAEGU CITY, WHICH IS STRICKEN BY NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19), THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN SEOUL SAID TUESDAY.
INDONESIA BANNED FLIGHTS TO AND FROM MAINLAND CHINA ON FEBRUARY 5 AND BARRED VISITORS WHO'D BEEN IN CHINA IN THE PRIOR 14 DAYS FROM ENTERING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO REUTERS.
MR. MOON CITED DIFFICULTIES FOR SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES IN GETTING COMPONENTS FROM CHINA, AS WELL AS SHARP DROPS IN EXPORTS TO CHINA. HE ALSO SAID TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS HURT THE SOUTH KOREAN TOURISM INDUSTRY, WHICH RELIES HEAVILY ON CHINESE VISITORS.
HOURS AFTER THE US STATE DEPARTMENT RAISED ITS TRAVEL ADVISORY ON SOUTH KOREA』S DAEGU TO LEVEL 4, URGING US CITIZENS TO NOT TRAVEL, THE ASIAN NATION』S FOREIGN MINISTER KANG KYUNG-WHA ASKED AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL TO 「REFRAIN FROM TAKING EXCESSIVE MEASURES."
「IT』S VERY HARD TO SCREEN KUNG SINO YUNG NANGGALING SA (WHO IS COMING FROM) SPECIFIC REGIONS NA 『YUN BECAUSE IT』S NOT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ANG NAKA-BAN (WHICH IS BANNED). SO WE HAD TO FORMULATE AND DISCUSS WITH KOREAN GOVERNMENT TO LOOK FOR WAYS ON HOW TO SCREEN EFFECTIVELY,」 SHE SAID.
IN ITS CIRCULAR TO DOMESTIC AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION (DGCA) SAID, "PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADVISED TO REFRAIN FROM TRAVEL TO CHINA THROUGH AN EARLIER ADVISORY. PEOPLE TRAVELLING TO CHINA HENCEFORTH WILL BE QUARANTINED ON RETURN." (PTI)
JUSTICE SECRETARY MENARDO GUEVARRA, A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE, RELEASED THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE RESOLUTION WHICH TEMPORARILY PROHIBITS TRAVEL OF FILIPINOS TO SOUTH KOREA AS WELL AS THE ENTRY TO THE PHILIPPINES OF ALL FOREIGNERS COMING FROM THE SOUTH KOREAN PROVINCE OF NORTH GYEONGSANG, INCLUDING THE CITY OF DAEGU AND CHEONGDO COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY, THE COUNTRY』S FLAG CARRIER OFFERED PASSENGERS WITH CANCELED FLIGHTS TO SOUTH KOREA TO REBOOK, REROUTE OR REFUND THEIR TICKETS FOLLOWING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED TO FILIPINO TOURISTS GOING TO SOUTH KOREA.
THE RECENT SPIKE IN CASES HAS ALSO LED THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ON MONDAY TO RAISE ITS TRAVEL WARNING TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR AMERICANS CONTEMPLATING TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA.
IT IS ALSO ADVISING AGAINST VISITING THE CITIES OF DAEGU AND CHEONGDO IN SOUTH KOREA, AS WELL AS 10 SMALL TOWNS IN THE LOMBARDY REGION AND ONE IN THE VENETO REGION OF ITALY, UNLESS COMPLETELY NECESSARY.

 

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