665 Filipinos repatriated from Barbados and UAE arrived in Clark —DFA

A total of 665 Filipinos repatriated from Barbados and United Arab Emirates arrived at Clark International Airport in Pampanga on Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.

The first batch of 347 seafarers from Barbados arrived via Philippine Airlines Flight PR8117 at 11:30 a.m. 

DFA Welcomes Home 665 Filipinos from Barbados and UAE: https://t.co/YWK7n8bmzo

Almost a hundred kilometers away from Manila, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) welcomed 665 overseas Filipinos aboard two separate flights at the Clark International Airport (CRK) in Pampanga. pic.twitter.com/XehMLRithc

— DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) June 16, 2020

The seafarers worked on board the cruise ships Harmony of the Seas, Celebrity Equinox and Serenade of the Seas owned by Royal Carribean Cruises Ltd.

The second batch of 318 stranded Filipinos came from UAE and arrived at 3:45 p.m. via Emirates Flight EK2572.

All the repatriates underwent thermal scanning and RT-PCR testing for COVID-19 upon arrival.

They were then brought to designated quarantine facilities while their test results are still pending.

The DFA said 1,696 Filipinos were repatriated on Tuesday—665 in Clark and 1,031 in Manila.

As of Tuesday, the total number of repatriates reached 45,865 since February, it said. —KG, GMA News