208 Pinoy seafarers repatriated from UAE – DFA

Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) threat, over 200 Filipino seafarers from the Middle East were repatriated back to the country on Saturday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

According to the DFA, a total of 208 seafarers from the MS Norwegian Jade from the United Arab Emirates arrived in the Philippines past 9 p.m. aboard Emirates Airlines flight 334.

Since the repatriation flight from China's Wuhan City, 11,613 Filipinos have been repatriated from abroad.
 

On this solemn Black Saturday evening, Emirates Airlines flight 334 brought home 208 seafarers of MS Norwegian Jade from the UAE, at past 9PM, bringing the total number of repatriated Filipinos since the Wuhan flight to 11,613. @teddyboylocsin pic.twitter.com/h9w6lBHcD7

— DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) April 11, 2020

The DFA earlier reported that a total of 651 Filipinos abroad have tested positive for the COVID-19 with 188 recoveries and 84 fatalities.

Health authorities, meanwhile, announced that COVID-19 cases in the country were recorded at 4,428 with 247 deaths and 157 recoveries. — DVM, GMA News