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Over 1,000 OFWs Test Positive Upon Return
The Philippine Star
|June 05, 2020
Over 1,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who returned home from various countries have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to the Department of Health.
DOH data showed that 1,028 of the 50,175 returning OFWs were confirmed positive for COVID as of June 2. Of the number, 480 have been admitted to hospital.
A COVID-related death was also reported among the returning OFWs, while 125 of them had recovered from the infection.
Based on DOH records, 37,026 of the OFWs were sea-based while land-based workers accounted for 13,149. Of those infected, 799 were land-based.
Meanwhile, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reiterated that the DOH allows testing for asymptomatic persons who have exposure to COVID positive patients.
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