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Philippines bars incoming flights for one week to decongest quarantine centres

The Philippines decided to suspend all incoming passenger flights for one week from May 3 to help reduce pressure on quarantine facilities which are housing thousands of Filipino repatriates.
Philippines bars incoming flights for one week to decongest quarantine centres ảnh 1People in Philippines wear face masks (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Philippines decided to suspend all incoming passengerflights for one week from May 3 to help reduce pressure on quarantine facilitieswhich are housing thousands of Filipino repatriates.

Millions of Filipinoswork abroad, with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Singapore and Qatar among the mostpopular destinations.

Some 24,000 havealready returned home, with the majority losing their jobs due to the COVID-19pandemic.

Those returning arerequired to complete a 14-day quarantine at centres built or re-purposed by thegovernment that are now filled to capacity.

The Philippines hasconverted several convention centres, ships, hotels, and government facilitiesinto quarantine centres as the number of people infected with the coronavirushas risen.

However, outboundflights will be allowed to continue, including those flying stranded foreignersout of the country.

As of May 3, the countryhad reported over 9,200 cases and 607 deaths./.
VNA
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