DFA logs 483 new COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad; total tops 17K Global News


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Philippine overseas workers who were quarantined for weeks after returning home wait for flights back to their home cities around the country, at Manila’s international airport on May 28, 2020. – The Philippine government set up local flights to send thousands of migrant workers stuck in quarantine facilities in Manila back home in an effort to free up crowded quarantine facilities, ahead of new arrivals from overseas. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipinos abroad who contracted COVID-19 has surpassed the 17,000-mark after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 483 additional cases on...