With COVID-19 earlier declared as a global pandemic, even places outside the Philippines are threatened by the disease. Find out how Pinoy celebrities abroad are dealing with the novel coronavirus outbreak in this gallery.
Rhea Santos is in Vancouver, British Columbia to pursue further studies. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, she limits her movement and observes quarantine. She also encourages people to remain physically active as well as to count blessings instead of days.
Rica Peralejo is currently in California, USA with her family. The shelter-in solution in California allows them to go out for groceries and take nature walks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Rica has also found the time to launch her podcast with her husband Joe Bonifacio. And though they're abroad, she's engaged with donation drives to help kababayans in the Philippines who are affected by the crisis.
Rachelle Ann Go has practiced self-isolation for two weeks while in London, United Kingdom. Nonetheless, she remains in high spirits as she sent a message of hope to Filipinos via the Kapuso show, 'All Out Sundays.'
Michelle Madrigal continues to live an active lifestyle amid the COVID-19 scare in the US. She further invites people to take care of their health and fitness by providing free online workouts that one can do at home.
Ate Glow, who now goes by the name of Renee Hampshire, is observing safety measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic by staying indoors in her home in London. One of her recent IG stories even hints at her learning to do some hair-cutting since they don't intend to go outside.
Jewel Mische has safely given birth to a baby girl on April 3, 2020. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Michigan, USA.
As California residents were told to shelter in place amid the COVID-19 scare, Rufa Mae Quinto and her family kept safe at home. She updated her followers in a light-hearted post, saying, “Higa lang kami ng higa, ikoti-ikot lang ng pwesto tapos carry on.”
BB Gandanghari, who is now based in Los Angeles, California, continues to report to work. She has changed her routine to practice physical distancing and now prefers to eat alone in her car.
Nancy Castiglione recently shared a schedule of what could be her new routine with her family in Canada amid the increasing threat of COVID-19.
Serena Dalrymple currently lives in New York. As a safety precaution amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the former child star makes sure to get up early in the morning and be among the first people in line to buy groceries.
Krista Ranillo is practicing home quarantine with her family in California, USA amid the COVID-10 threat. She is also involved in her husband's business, a chain of supermarkets that need to adjust operations due to the pandemic.
Mariel de Leon currently resides in New York to pursue her modelling career. According to the beauty queen, she's been “self-isolating even before the lockdown.” She makes herself busy by cooking and doing embroidery.
Beth Tamayo currently lives in the US with her fiancé, and she's making the most of the quarantine period by being productive. One way she preoccupies herself is through baking.
Princess Punzalan has been living in Los Angeles, U.S. with her family as a registered nurse and an indie actress. Recently she told her friend, Alice Dixson in an Instagram live chat that non-essential shops have been closed and PPE are now scarce. Princess has also opted to temporarily stop working to protect her family from catching COVID-19.
Giselle “G” Tongi has been living in California, U.S. with her family for years, and they are currently on home quarantine. G is also an indie actress in the U.S. and does hosting while she rallies for reproductive health rights for women.
As a medical frontliner in the U.S., Carol Banawa spends most of her time tending to patients entering the hospital. In an Instagram post, Carol even shared a photo of her new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which she uses to train medical frontliners like her.
Rich Asuncion and her family hurriedly booked a flight to Australia before the NCR lockdown. The actress recently admitted that she's still adjusting to her new life abroad where she took on the job of a waitress . It also appears that she will be living overseas for a while as she and her husband Benj Mudie have also bought their future home.
Anne Curtis and Erwan Heussaff have been staying in Australia for the arrival of their firstborn Dahlia Amelie. It took them over two months to venture far and out from their home as travel restrictions gradually eased up in the land down under.
Isabelle Daza and her family, Adrien Semblat and Baltie are currently in Hong Kong. The actress-host took the opportunity to educate her son about the virus while they were staying at home. More recently, their family can now enjoy the outdoors abroad.
Migo Adecer considers himself lucky to be in HongKong during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kapuso actor feels safe, thanks to country's response to the new coronavirus disease as well as for his emergency savings that prepared him for this unforeseen situation.
Jinri Park feels blessed to start a new life chapter together with her now-husband, John, in Australia during this unprecedented time. She copes with the pandemic by quarantine cooking and doing Jiu Jitsu. While Jinri slowly adjusted to her new life amid the pandemic down under, she revealed that she went back to zero when she moved to Australia, experiencing a career crisis. She said, "I didn't know what I wanted to do." Nonetheless, after assessing what she truly desires, she has found a new job that she thinks would help her grow in: a waitress. Instead of congratulating her with her new job, some would criticize her for choosing to be a food server saying it's karma. But strong-willed Jinri stood up for herself against her bashers and clarified, "I chose to work because I wanted to and not because I have to. All those people who are saying it's karma that I'm a waitress now, I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with having that job. I chose it because I remembered it to be enjoyable for me [I feel like I'm playing a real life diner dash!!]. I think it's quite fun and exciting, I don't know why so many people have negative comments about it. Anyways, if you think that I'm currently miserable with” karma” acting upon me, I'd just like to say I'm so happy now more than when I was in showbiz."
Actress and singer Ylona Garcia self-isolated in a hotel right after she arrived in Sydney, Australia last July. She was also seen wearing a face mask to protect herself from any diseases while walking home. Since her job as an artist was affected by the present pandemic, Ylona continued grinding while pursuing her singing career to help her family financially. Recently, she made headlines after revealing that she now works as a service crew in a McDonald's branch in Sydney.
A COVID-19 survivor, former Sexbomb dancer Jacque Estevez shared the home remedies that worked for her while battling coronavirus. According to her Facebook video, hydrating with ginger tea, getting some sun, steam inhalation with salt or menthol balm, vapo-shower, eating fruits rich in Vitamin C, having a good amount of sleep, sinus rinse, and gargling warm water with salt have helped her recover from the highly-infectious virus.