The Department of Foreign Affairs announced that the 30 individuals who were repatriated from Wuhan, China have been given a clean bill of health and cleared by the Department of Health to leave New Clark City.
Wuhan is the epicenter of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19.
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“The repatriates, joined by the 10-man Health Emergency Response Team (HERT) from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the DOH, six flight crew members, and three ground crew operators are all declared healthy and showed no signs and symptoms of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)” the DFA said in a statement.
The DFA added that the repatriated group from COVID-19 last February 9 ground zero, was housed in the quarantine facility for 14 days.
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This group is the first batch of repatriates brought back by the DFA from COVID-19-affected areas.
“In the next few days, the DFA will be bringing back home over 400 Filipinos from the Diamond Princess Cruise ship that is docked in Yokohama, Japan. Other repatriation efforts will also be undertaken by the DFA in the coming weeks,” the DFA added in its statement.
