APD | Philippines: Department of Foreign Affairs team arrives in Wuhan

By APD writer Melo M. Acuña

**MANILA, Feb 7 (APD) ** – The DFA Repatriation Team has arrived in Wuhan and now busy finalizing preparations to bring home Filipinos from Hubei province this weekend.

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Concerns Brigido J. Dulay said the DFA Team has arrived in Wuhan and they have taken the risk just to bring home Filipinos in the locked-down city and nearby places.

Representatives from the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai met with the members of the Filipino community in Wuhan as well as the Foreign Affairs Office in Hubei Province to discuss the details of their operation.

Forty-five Filipinos have been confirmed to join the repatriation. Upon arrival in the Philippines, they will be brought to the Athlete’s Village in New Clark City in Tarlac and will be subjected to 14 days of mandatory quarantine according to the guidelines from the Department of Health.

The Shanghai-based consulate officials are in close coordination with other them from the DFA Home Office that will fly to Wuhan to assist in the repatriation.

Filipinos in China have been given until yesterday, February 5, 2020, to take advantage of the government-provided service.

(Cover: Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay. /Melo M. Acuna)

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)