ROXAS City – Eight overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were stranded in Cebu since last month due to travel restrictions brought by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were repatriated onboard a private plane chartered by the city government.
They are the third batch of repatriates who arrived in this city.
After arriving at the city’s airport around 4 p.m. on May 14, the OFWs were immediately transported to the city’s isolation facility in Barangay Milibili to undergo a 14-day mandatory quarantine, mayor Ronnie Dadivas said.
A rapid test was then conducted to them there, and they all yielded negative results for COVID-19.
Prior to their arrival in the city, they also tested negative for the virus in Cebu using a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction machine.
On May 14 also, 6 OFWs – two women and four men – who were stranded in Manila finished their mandatory quarantine in the city’s isolation facility.
“To our OFW’s repatriates, salamat sa inyo suporta kag kooperasyon sa pagsunod sa patakaran sang aton quarantine facility,” Dadivas said.
The overseas workers were immediately welcomed by their family members.
On the other hand, 14 residents here who were stranded in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan were picked up by the city government yesterday.
All of them also yielded negative results in the rapid test for COVID-19.(With a report from PIA/PN)
